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>> max, min [etc] Perl has a minimal std library, to teach people to use CPAN I guess. But even Perl has util modules for trivial help functions in the std ins
by berntb 13y ago
>> max, min [etc]
Perl has a minimal std library, to teach people to use CPAN I guess. But even Perl has util modules for trivial help functions in the std install (at least those which aren't one line of code to define).
The strongest argument for Perl today is CPAN and CPAN Testers, still the gold standard.
But all the scripting languages are really similar, there is no reason to learn another if you already know one.
Edit: You might want to check out the Modern Perl book, free online. Perl evolves quite fast.
- collyw 13y agoDjango was the reason I switched. I gave Catalyst a go, but the ability to swap out almost every component left me wondering what the framework actually was. The documentation was significantly easier (for a newbie to web frameworks) to get something going. And the Django admin gave me a large chunk of what I wanted for very little effort.
- berntb 13y agoYeah, Django has a really well planned ramp up for a newbie. Especially compared to Catalyst among the Perl frameworks. The ORM was a bit of pain (had to do jump through hoops just to get multiple column indexes, iirc?). But in the end, after a few months of work it doesn't make so much difference in total time.