David Crayford wrote: >Perl is definately ugly. It has a very large and cryptic grammar which makes >it difficult to learn. I find it unpleasant to >program in but I also dislike most shell scripting languages. The best thing >about perl is the command line hacks.
This is why I always say I have "angry Perl skillz" - because every time I have to use the language it p****es me off! In an alternate universe, Rexx had the equivalent of CPAN created by the community, and we all use it instead...and are much happier. ...phsiii ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
