Wow Greg I like it!
*Rejected*
(hehe, it might be nice to be able to register in any school in the area
after all is said and done)
----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Meckes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Jon Acierto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: PERL IS NOT A HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE
> Suggested reply (add content at will):
> Dear admissions counselor,
> Thanks for taking the time to review my question. Your response suggests
that your experience with
> Perl, or programming with it may not be well informed as the higher level
advanced data structures
> you refer to: files, records are in fact low level operations in Perl.
>
> While Perl may be in fact a scripting language, in is easily compiled into
an executable, the same
> as the other higher level languages.
>
> It's true that working with Perl for 2 years says nothing about my
experience or ability to solve
> complex problems; that I will willingly prove to you. It's also true that
by answering my question
> in such an ill-informed manner, it says a enormous amount about your
ability to makes these
> assessments in the first place, and even proves the lack thereof.
>
> Thanks for taking the time to review my inquiry.
>
>
> --- Jon Acierto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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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