Rajarshi Guha wrote:
> Coult'nt resist - but if you're new to programming, go with Python. The > laerning curve is much less steep. You'll write legible well structured code. > O'Rielly has some excellent Don't know much about Python - just read the manual a few weeks ago. Decided to stick w/ Perl. One thing I can say - if we take Natural Language Programming (NLP) (that's a technical term i just made up, i think) to be the ulimate goal of all programming languages, then Perl is the leader by a long margin. (Like natural language its a uphill at the start - but well worth the effort) Perlism no.262: "You may write faster code in C, but you can code faster in Perl." - says nothing about Python though - guess its not even considered in the running! oh well! :) ----- List of important wars on this list (in no particular order): Perl vs. Python Apache vs. monkey(?) Free vs. Open GUI vs. commandline formal vs. natural vi vs. emacs linux vs. gnu/linux Office vs. groff MS vs linux - oops! not here! sorry! and the superclass of them all is - little endian vs. big endian i'm taking bets on the next great outbreak? rajarshi, take care - hope the weather there is still tolerable? raja -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html
