> 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 ea
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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 indispe
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From: Tom Malone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:03 PM
To: PHP Users
Subject: [PHP] PHP vs Perl question
I'm pretty new to programming - besides JavaScript, PHP is reall
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 still
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 PHP is
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