java bad, c/c++/insert any other language here, good. </shot_at_java> Justin Cook Themes.org Staff mailto:jsc at themes.org http://kde.themes.org ----- Original Message ----- From: <Nick.T.Reinking at supervalu.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 12:25 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG:21269] Beginning - Language Perl or Python? > I learned to program in Perl, and it is by far my favorite > language - but I don't know if I would recommend it to start out. > > Sure, there are some fantastic books (Camel book, Learning Perl), > but I've found that I'm somewhat spoiled on it, making it very > difficult for me to easily program in other languages. Really powerful > things you can do in perl (like a hash of hashes) are much harder to > do in other languages. I'd recommend learning Java first, so you know > a "real" programming language - and then move onto Perl. > > Nick > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org