Perl

I've started learning Perl as my first programming language. I'm planning to get that (mainly) mastered and then move onto C. Is this a good idea y/n? Unfortunately I'm also having to learn python at some point too, for blender-related things (I didn't really like it very much when I tried it).

Also, I'm taking a computing course next year. The guy said we'd be learning a programming language which ended in the sound "ell". What is it likely to be? I have a terrible memory. Would it be a good idea to learn the basics of it by myself first?

>>36 Sure buddy, skills just dry up and disappear, huge code bases and large reused libraries just pack their bags in. Perl 5 and Perl 6 are different languages, the survival of Perl 5 doesn't really rely on Perl 6 since they are not truly compatible languages and Perl 6 doesn't work with shit right now (go download parrot and try it).

The TIOBE index is one of the most retarded indexes I've ever:
http://blog.timbunce.org/2008/04/12/tiobe-or-not-tiobe-lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/

I'm using the job market, so actual demand for new devs, and perl does really well. When so many are paying for perl, it does not go away. Your little hype machine won't make python or ruby the next php and it won't make jobs suddenly appear. There are 10X more perl jobs than python or ruby jobs. There are 5X more PHP jobs than perl jobs.

http://blog.timbunce.org/2008/02/12/comparative-language-job-trend-graphs/