Perl (or Unix vs. MS, actually)

[Derek D. Martin]

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At some point hitherto, bscott at ntisys.com hath spake thusly:
>   Yet you complain about Perl being hard to learn and use, for the same
> reasons, and not just for you, but for everyone?

I absolutely said no such thing.  

Let's make this even simpler.

Mike O'Donnell commented about finding the prospect of learning Perl
daunting.  I attempted to convey to the perlheads here who responded
with incredulity that I too had the same reaction, attempted to learn
it, found that learning *facile* use of it was more difficult than any
other language I'd tried to learn.  I then proceeded to attempt to
explain why *I* found it that way, apparently to no one's
satisfaction.  Suffice it to say that the reasons don't much matter.
Whatever the reason, that was my experience, and so I can sympathize
with anyone who voices those kinds of opinions.

I'm done with this topic.

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Derek Martin               ddm at pizzashack.org    
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