PERL has got to be one of the most stupid computer languages ever devised. It needs a debugger to step through what is being done but that help comes at a cost of learning the debugger - a PERL derivative. What intelligence cries out for is a language that is written in readable code that is far from the madding crowd of open source meddlers.
Reading books about PERL basics tells you that it was invented by happenstance without the slightest guidelines. It uses octal numbering for Pete's sake. Going further with debiugging guides makes understanding exponentially more difficult. A loser follows a loser.
Jim
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PERL has got to be one of the most stupid computer languages ever devised. It needs a debugger to step through what is being done but that help comes at a cost of learning the debugger - a PERL derivative. What intelligence cries out for is a language that is written in readable code that is far from the madding crowd of open source meddlers. Reading books about PERL basics tells you that it was invented by happenstance without the slightest guidelines. It uses octal numbering for Pete's sake. Going further with debiugging guides makes understanding exponentially more difficult. A loser follows a loser. Jim