Goke, I based in Port-Harcourt. But I would very much like to be part of your meetup. Could you give me details and your schedule?
Emeka On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Goke Aruna <mykl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nice to see enema in this list. > Mekus ..are you based in lagos? Nice to share some thoughts about > localizing perl community in Lagos > > Emeka <emekami...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >Hello All, > > > >I have been here for a long time, but I just read stuff. I have not > mustered > >enough energy to really check what Perl is all about until yesterday. > >Write-only, cowboy language or something pretty cool. I spent few hours > >going through learn.perl site stuff. I was really impressed. To me this is > >indeed a cool language. > > > >However, I noticed that among beginners here their concerns are mainly > file > >manipulation, string manipulation and hash table. Shouldn't someone make a > >note with simple examples and put it on the internet? And I would want to > >see codes from experts here once in a while with their design's reasons. > > > >I have my own issues, and the most confusing part of Perl to me is this > >thing called context. Why do we have it in Perl? What is its gain to be > >language ? And another thing I am having issue to figure out is when it is > >really needed is \&hoom, when hoom is a sub. I know from C , that if one > is > >to use function as a parameter that it should be in the form of address. > > > >Apart from context, are there other hidden gems I need to know? > > > >I would want to also thank the author of Learning Perl the Hard Way (Allen > >B. Downey). I would want that book to be called Learning Perl the Soft > Way. > > > >Finally , this group is awesome ... with kind experts and mentors. I > really > >appreciate you help and time. > > > >Regards, > >Emeka > > > > > > > >-- > >*Satajanus Nig. Ltd > > > > > >* > -- *Satajanus Nig. Ltd *
