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I strongly agree. I don't follow Perl, but I have long thought "I'll have a look when Perl 6 gets stable, not a lit off point looking at Perl 5, it's old and go
by CJefferson 14y ago
I strongly agree. I don't follow Perl, but I have long thought "I'll have a look when Perl 6 gets stable, not a lit off point looking at Perl 5, it's old and going to disappear soon anyway."
At this point, I suspect the gap which would be filled by Perl for me is already filled by python. But if I had a firm feeling that Perl 5/7 was not going to be eclipsed by Perl 6, I would be tempted to give it a try, mainly because I have found python is not a good replacement for grep/awk/find/xargs, and I suspect Perl might fit that niche better.
What is the best way to learn "modern Perl"? Or am I better off learning "old Perl"?
- chromatic 14y agoWhat is the best way to learn "modern Perl"? I wrote a book called Modern Perl. It's freely available in electronic formats: http://onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl http://onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl
- cschep 14y agoThis is the stuff that keeps me coming back to Hacker News.
- Moto7451 14y agoThis book (and reading CPAN documentation) is how I learned Perl. Its a fantastic guide to getting started with the language and some things you will run into no matter what (Moose for example).
- zbruhnke 14y agoits an awesome book, just bought it from amazon like two weeks ago, its amazing how simple it makes it to pick up Perl quickly
- Surio 14y agoGoing through the online version now. Very pragmatic writing style and wastes no time in getting to the point (Kernigan/Ritchie influence is seen). Very nice. Thank you for sharing it with one and all.
- jacques_chester 14y ago> I have long thought "I'll have a look when Perl 6 gets stable, not a lit off point looking at Perl 5, it's old and going to disappear soon anyway." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_effect