On my brand new Fedora 13 I notice that a lot of stuff is managed trough Perl. I'm always been curious about it, but I never watched at it, while I'm pretty good in many other languages (like C, C++, Java and Python).
What do you think about it? Is it worthy to learn it?
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Anonymous2010-09-08 22:57
Just do it man. Perl is like duct tape for computing. Its a TERRIFIC tool, not the best "programming language" though, but is still useful (Search for Perl Catalyst, or just browse CPAN for 10 minutes)
I can code faster in perl than any other language, for _quick solutions_ to real problems. I think that the time you spend in programming is (most of the time) more important that the program speed.
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Anonymous2010-09-08 23:09
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I agree. Perl is a fantastic tool for quick scripts and utilities and the language is very flexible.