Re: [PHP] PHP vs Perl question

I'm pretty new to programming - besides JavaScript, PHP is really the first language I've used. I'm just wondering, and I'm sure you all would know - should I learn Perl? Is it considered a necessity for a web developer to know Perl, or is it not a worthwhile endeavor, considering how easy

Re: [PHP] PHP vs Perl question

I do love perl, even if I mostly code with PHP, but I use perl for stuff that run with a crontab (a script that run on every x date or hours), I know that you can do that with PHP now too, but Perl is a really great and funny language to learn, the best regular expression that I ever use (I

RE: [PHP] PHP vs Perl question

I personally try and avoid using Perl when I can. Perl is difficult to learn to write proficient code in. Perl's moto is, There is More Than One Way to Do It which also mean there are more than a million ways to mess up. Depending upon the programmer Perl can be a write-only language. You can

RE: [PHP] PHP vs Perl question

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'd go for it. Perl can be messy, but it is also quite powerful and doesn't HAVE to be messy. It is EVERYWHERE both in terms of availability and use. But most of all, it is a fun language to play with... and if you do any system admin it is an