On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:26:03 -0500
Scott Kahler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This brought to mind a question that comes up every once in awhile.
> How did you go about learning perl?
My Perl journey started in 1997. Back then there weren't a ton
of learning options other than Programming Perl and perldoc,
so that's what I used.
At that point I had some experience with Logo, Basic, Pascal,
C/C++, and a strange little language called Lite. Lite was
bundled with a free ( but not strictly Open Source ) database
called mSQL ( not the lack of a 'y' ). I was using Lite/mSQL
to build small web applications for my employer, but was
really just a sysadmin who wrote a bit of code. I was then
introduced to a great programmer who did everything in Perl.
After he showed me a few things about Perl I was hooked and
really haven't looked back. I then found CPAN and the rest is
history...
Yes I do occasionally check out other languages to make sure I'm not
flying down this road blind/ignorant, but so far no one has showed me
a compelling reason to switch to something else as my primary
language.
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