Re: Teaching Java and Perl

2001-01-08 Thread Mark Rogaski
An entity claiming to be Roger Burton West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : : So really it's Pascal all over again - if you only teach them one : language, it's what they'll always use. If you teach them two, : they may just possibly see the similarities and start to generalise : to the class of

Re: Teaching Java and Perl

2001-01-08 Thread Andy Wardley
It's possibly a blatant over-generalisation, but I get the impression that most Java programmers are the people who learn whatever language the marketing people tell them is the latest, coolest langauge, and/or whatever languge they can earn most money contracting in. Unfortunately, that

RE: Teaching Java and Perl

2001-01-08 Thread Jon Galliers
I've been reading this discussion with interest[1], as we are in just that process of deciding how best to develop 'web solutions' fast enough for clients, bless their sweet hearts, and whether Java or Perl is the best 'tool' for the job. My personal feelings echo sentiments expressed earlier in