Re^2: I think Perl ruined me as a programmer

[wolfger]

in reply to Re: I think Perl ruined me as a programmer
in thread I think Perl ruined me as a programmer

C64 V2 Basic, then Turbo BASIC/Pascal, and finally Perl.

That's almost exactly my learning path as well. Was there something in particular about C64 BASIC that prepped our minds for Perl?

And yes, I also feel ruined by this wonderful language. I love getting an opportunity to hack together a perl script, large or small, to solve a problem. I loathe being forced to code in a more restrictive language, where "Hello World" is more than one line of code...

[robot_tourist]

I think it was the $ symbol :)

[Muggins]

Hah that's a thought that's occurred to me more than once, except we're talking Acorn BBC BASIC, but I quibble...

Those $ symbols were looking for a way back into my life and now they won't let go...