i know very little about programing. however i want to learn, even if it is basic(no pun intended)
some have suddgested perl as a good place to start. So my question is, what are good resources, manuals, websites and other such things about perl programing.
i use to do a very basic programing useing binary, and i think basic. however that was when i was 6 and many years ago.
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Jump to PostI don't think Perl is a good place to start. I think C++ would be better. I'm not saying Perl is a bad language, but I don't think it should be your first. C++ has more capabilities than most programming language out there, and it's highly used in the work …
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what kind of stuff do you want to be doing when you start programming. Perl probably a pretty good language to learn cause its pretty simple and its syntax is actally alot like c or c++, so it wouldnt be hard to go over to c++ after you …
Jump to Postan awesome site for learning perl is
http://oreilly.codecastle.com/Now for C++ over Perl....That's tough.
I agree that C++ is more useful (though if you are planning on working *nix environments perl might be …
Jump to PostI think the syntax for Perl can get more cryptic than C++. In Perl there are too many ways to do things that it can get confusing. Most books introduce these shortcuts too soon that I think can confuse a newbie right away. Also, a lot of those shortcuts and …
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