And what else can PHP do? Perl is a complete language, which I use almost every day for application prototyping and general scripting. Can PHP do SMTP? IRC? IPC? XML? You're being rather narrow.
> You find that perl is often snubbed by all CS courses, for traditional imperative programming languages > (and ofcorse the almost useless functional and declarative languages)..
*giggle* Have you ever done any programming in a functional language such as, say, Haskell? I find it to be a very elegant expression of certain algorithms. Of course it's not best for everything, but nothing is. Perl is best for text processing, and in my opinion second best for everything else (that's one of the reasons i really like Perl). Also, would you inflict Perl on someone as a first language? However, I'd agree that Perl would be a far better choice than the languages used in my last CS class (COBOL and C++).:)
Perl is a kluge, but it's the only kluge you'll ever need.
Hear, hear, Abigail's Perl prowess is well known throughout the USENET community.:)
A small example of her handiwork, if I may:
sub A::TIESCALAR{bless\my$x=>A};package B;@q=qw/Hacker Another Perl Just/;use overload'""'=>sub{pop @q};sub A::FETCH{bless\my $y=>B}; tie my $shoe => 'A';print "$shoe $shoe $shoe $shoe\n";
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Well said. I agree with that the time has passed for the union concept, but a (voluntary) guild where knowledge can be shared about salary rates, job openings, etc, would be very useful, as well as perhaps a way to address greivances geeks have with their employers. I wouldn't regard it as an intelligence/stupidity thing, just a lack of information.
>Shoot, if we're worried about harming the >children's delicate sensiblities, we should keep >them out of school entirely. After all, nothing >good can come from letting people think on their >own...
Heh. Are you implying that schools encourage people to think on their own?:-)
Jon, you're a great writer and I generally enjoy your articles, but I'm afraid you blew it this time.:-( First of all, you've confused the hackers and the criminals... people who break things are not good people, no matter how smart and skilled they are. Second - "robber barons"? Check your economics; people like Michael Milken make the economy go 'round. It seems a rather odd comparison and a gratuitous slap at entrepreneurs. Oh well, maybe you'll get it right next time...:-/
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And what else can PHP do? Perl is a complete language, which I use almost every day for application prototyping and general scripting. Can PHP do SMTP? IRC? IPC? XML? You're being rather narrow.
> You find that perl is often snubbed by all CS courses, for traditional imperative programming languages
:)
> (and ofcorse the almost useless functional and declarative languages)..
*giggle* Have you ever done any programming in a functional language such as, say, Haskell? I find it to be a very elegant expression of certain algorithms. Of course it's not best for everything, but nothing is. Perl is best for text processing, and in my opinion second best for everything else (that's one of the reasons i really like Perl). Also, would you inflict Perl on someone as a first language? However, I'd agree that Perl would be a far better choice than the languages used in my last CS class (COBOL and C++).
Perl is a kluge, but it's the only kluge you'll ever need.
Hear, hear, Abigail's Perl prowess is well known throughout the USENET community. :)
A small example of her handiwork, if I may:
sub A::TIESCALAR{bless\my$x=>A};package B;@q=qw/Hacker Another
Perl Just/;use overload'""'=>sub{pop @q};sub A::FETCH{bless\my
$y=>B}; tie my $shoe => 'A';print "$shoe $shoe $shoe $shoe\n";
Well said. I agree with that the time has passed for the union concept, but a (voluntary) guild where knowledge can be shared about salary rates, job openings, etc, would be very useful, as well as perhaps a way to address greivances geeks have with their employers. I wouldn't regard it as an intelligence/stupidity thing, just a lack of information.
>Shoot, if we're worried about harming the
:-)
>children's delicate sensiblities, we should keep >them out of school entirely. After all, nothing >good can come from letting people think on their >own...
Heh. Are you implying that schools encourage people to think on their own?
Jon, you're a great writer and I generally enjoy your articles, but I'm afraid you blew it this time. :-( First of all, you've confused the hackers and the criminals... people who break things are not good people, no matter how smart and skilled they are. Second - "robber barons"? Check your economics; people like Michael Milken make the economy go 'round. It seems a rather odd comparison and a gratuitous slap at entrepreneurs. :-/
Oh well, maybe you'll get it right next time...