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<node id="1008942" title="Forgetting Syntax, Forgetting logic, Heck, Should I even try keep learning Perl??" created="2012-12-15 02:50:34" updated="2012-12-15 02:50:34">
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Anonymous Monk</author>
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&lt;p&gt;Hi Monks,&lt;/p&gt;
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Its really been a while I have been trying to learn Perl.
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I first started in year 2009 or so, tried for a few days and then work caught up. Then again in 2010, same thing happened. And hell again in 2011. Difference was, in 2011, I was lucky enough to stick to learning Perl for almost 2 months. And I learnt some stuff. Now again I have got time, but what bugs me is 1) the time its taking me to learn Perl. And 
2) I get to work on it mostly on weekends, so mostly I am back to square one. I learnt some stuff in 2010 end, and then whooosh a big gap. Then started again in end of 2011, and now, when I have restarted, its like I have forgotten everything. 
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I see on the net and everywhere that learning Perl is easy. So I tried it, but problem is, I keep forgetting the syntax just in a few days. 
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I love Perl. I wish I could spend the whole day just learning Perl, but I cant. 
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Could this mean I am programming challenged? I keep forgetting stuff. I am sure age must be catching up with me. At 38 Years, I dont know if anyone here would have tried learning Perl. And yet here I am trying it.
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Is there some age limit for normal guys who wanna learn Perl? 
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It really really gets depressing at times. 
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Most of you here would have started programming at a very very early age, so I am sure my questions are going to raise a lot of eyebrows out here.
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I am currently working as a Storage Admin...trying to learn a good scripting language. I am not even sure if knowing perl scripting will help me in my job much, but still, I am learning Perl because I need a new skill and hell yeah, its sort of addictive, this Perl Language.
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Heck. I dunno what to do.
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Delete my post if you think I am sounding stupid.
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&lt;small&gt;&lt;p&gt;[Janitors|Edited]: Added &lt;c&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/c&gt; tags so that formatting matches actual text input.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/small&gt;</field>
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