It amazes me when people in acadamia can be so non-academic. If I were
you, I would ask what working definition (since it isn't the standard
definition) of "high level" they are using, and low level as well. Being
that a high level language is one which is passed through an interpreter
or compiler, as Perl is, I would argue that they simply don't know what
they are talking about. I feel sorry for you, but I would argue with
them.
I am curious to what they mean by 'more advanced data structures'.
Lists, hashes, globs, refs, etc... what other 'advanced data structures'
could they want? Files and records? Yeesh.. "Vannah, can I buy a clue
please?"
Cheers,
Kevin
On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 09:46:49AM -0700, Jon Acierto ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spew-ed
forth:
> Hello Guys It's me again,
> After getting all the feedback from this maillist on my "High Level"
> question AND going to an online dictionary and finding out that Perl Does
> fit the definition of a high level language, I get this from the Admissions
> Councellor at the U.W. ext.:
>
> Jon, thank you for your inquiry.
> I sent your description of your programming background to the C++
> application reviewer and received this input:
> "i have to agree with will's assessment. perl is not a high level
> language. it amounts to a scripting language. simply having 2 years of
> working with perl says nothing about whether he has worked on more complex
> problems or has developed the programming skills necessary to understand
> and solve such problems from ground up. in addition, does he have - in any
> language - the understanding of more advanced data structures...with 2
> years of serious cobol for example should bring familiarity with files,
> records, and other such data types."
> Jon, if you have the prerequisite background as described above, then you
> will need to document and support it in your C++ application. Otherwise,
> you will need to decide how you want to expand your programming experience.
> In the UWEO program offerings, the C program would help you do this.
>
>
> Can someone please help me explain to these people that writing Perl for 2
> years says about as much of my ability to program and understand "advanced
> data structures" and having worked on "more complex problems" as spending
> those 2 years with C. Am I wrong? I know that if I describe to them the
> OOP in Perl that I've done as well as all the work I've done with files and
> records with data extraction (binary and ascii) that they would
> understand. But is it just me or do these people not know anything about Perl?
>
>
> Jonathan Acierto
> Perl Programmer
> Ocentrix Inc.
> 206.691.7603
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> A famous linguist once said:
> "There is no language wherein a double
> positive can form a negative."
> YEAH, RIGHT
>
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