PERL vs. Ruby

[Ralph H. Stoos Jr.]

All,

I have taken a company sponsored course in PERL taught by a fellow
system engineer. He tried his best but, I am still an old dog and
well.. that new tricks thing seems to apply.

It seems that all courses I find assume you have other programming
experience either in C, C++, or Java. Since I have none of these
skills, I am hoping to somehow pick up an OOP language.

So, I have folks recommending Ruby over PERL as a good language on which
to cut my coding teeth.

Any opinions on the subject would be appreciated.
Please reply to the newsgroup and also to rs****@rochester.rr.com so I
can get it right away. The next "intermediate" course starts in three
days. I will attend it regardless but, would like to know if this is
the best way to go for my first foray into programming.

Thanks a lot,

Ralph

[Abigail]

Ralph H. Stoos Jr. (rs****@rochester.rr.com) wrote on MMMMCCCLI September
MCMXCIII in <URL:news:ic***************@twister.nyroc.rr.com >:
[] All,
[]
[] I have taken a company sponsored course in PERL taught by a fellow
[] system engineer. He tried his best but, I am still an old dog and
[] well.. that new tricks thing seems to apply.
[]
[] It seems that all courses I find assume you have other programming
[] experience either in C, C++, or Java. Since I have none of these
[] skills, I am hoping to somehow pick up an OOP language.
[]
[] So, I have folks recommending Ruby over PERL as a good language on which
[] to cut my coding teeth.
[]
[] Any opinions on the subject would be appreciated.

I'd go for Python if I were you.

[] Please reply to the newsgroup and also to rs****@rochester.rr.com so I
[] can get it right away.

No.

[] The next "intermediate" course starts in three
[] days. I will attend it regardless but, would like to know if this is
[] the best way to go for my first foray into programming.
If you're on "old dog", you ought to know how Usenet works.

Abigail
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[kj]

In <sl********************@alexandra.abigail.nl> Abigail <ab*****@abigail.nl> writes:

I'd go for Python if I were you.

Why do you prefer Python over Ruby?

kj

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