RE: [PHP] PHP vs Perl question

I personally try and avoid using Perl when I can. Perl is difficult to learn to write proficient code in. Perl's moto is, "There is More Than One Way to Do It" which also mean there are more than a million ways to mess up. Depending upon the programmer Perl can be a write-only language. You can even look at your own Perl code and think "What in the world, did I write this?" My mind is cluttered with enough garbage so I will not learn anymore Perl than necessary. Long live modern languages! Perl is a necessary evil for a web developer, so I recommend O'Reilly's Learning Perl, http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperl3/ -----Original Message----- From: Tom Malone [mailto:tom@tom-malone.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:03 PM To: PHP Users Subject: [PHP] PHP vs Perl question I'm pretty new to programming - besides JavaScript, PHP is really the first language I've used. I'm just wondering, and I'm sure you all would know - should I learn Perl? Is it considered a necessity for a web developer to know Perl, or is it not a worthwhile endeavor, considering how easy PHP is to learn and use? Someone I know told me not to bother, but I just wanted a second opinion. (BTW - if you think it is worthwhile to learn Perl, what is a good book to begin with?) Thank you! Tom Malone