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The same could be said of... LISP. But few languages are as syntacticly confusing as Perl are to the uninitiated. Thats just how it is, eh?
by rjurney 17y ago
The same could be said of... LISP. But few languages are as syntacticly confusing as Perl are to the uninitiated. Thats just how it is, eh?
- 321abc 17y agoWhether it's "confusing" is entirely subjective. I found Perl's syntax quite straightforward, having already been familiar with shell scripts, regular expressions, and sed (not to mention a variety of other languages I'd learned). But I suppose I was not your typical newbie programmer when I started learning Perl. Maybe Perl wouldn't make for the ideal first language, but it's certainly not nearly as difficult as assembly, certain functional languages, or even C/C++.