On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 09:28:21PM -0400 Paul Kraus wrote:
> Perl was pretty much my first language. Not counting Business Basic and same
> old Pascal from high school. The more I learn the more I see that perl can
> handle just about anything I want to do. How do you go about deciding if you
> should use another tool such as C++ over perl? I am thinking about learning
> another language and trying to decide what language would be best to learn.
> To expand my skill set. Suggestions, Ideas, Book Recommendations?
I was always of the opinion that knowing C is one of the essential
things. Too many vital stuff is nowadays hidden away from the user in
more recent languages (such as portability issues and memory management
for instance).
C also has the advantage that it integrates tightly into perl. You can
write Perl modules as C extensions which is fun and will teach you a lot
about perl and how interpreters in general work.
However, C's learning curve is rather steep (but shorter than Perl's).
Tassilo
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