convince me
Michael Bacarella
mbac at netgraft.com
Mon Aug 5 12:12:32 EDT 2002
> Well, I'm 15 years old looking to have a future in programming. I've
> been playing around with the basics of a few different languages (C,
> C++, Perl, Python, and Java). I know I want to learn C, but as far as
> perl and python I'm trying to decide which. I know right now perl can
> be considered more marketable, but I also like python because it looks
> to be growing and to have a good future. But I started to learn perl
> before I found python (from another perl developer ironically). I was
> wondering if there was anything that can be done in python that can't
> be done in perl.
Neat, I was at that point 6 years ago. Although I had a lot
less fun toys at my disposal..
Here's what I did right, in order:
Learned C as first language
Dinked with assembly, poked at VGA
Play with TCL
Installed Linux
Play with Perl
Deleted Windows
Write Perl professionally
Develop love affair with Python
Cheat on Python with Ruby
Here's what I did wrong:
Learn Win32 API
Learn C++
Tried tolerating Java
Good luck!
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I ask him if he wants to work here too, but he likes the ability
to bust in on people when they're in the toilet...''
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