Start with assembler. Pay your dues. I guarantee anything else will seem easy afterwards. (This is from the "if it doesn't kill you it will make you stronger" school of thought. ;) Phil M On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Cook, Justin S. wrote: > 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 > > -- Lottery: a tax on people who are bad at math --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org