wow! i need to get with you guys and start picking your brains! i like the functionality of perl and all the cool stuff you can do with it, but it looks like i'm just barely scratching the surface learning it! i'm a sysadmin and although, most seem to either script in bash or korn, i thought i'd get crazy and learn some perl.
On 10/6/07, Frank Wiles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Frank Wiles, Revolution Systems, LLC. > Personal : [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wiles.org > Work : [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.revsys.com > > _______________________________________________ > kc mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/kc >
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