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in reply to Perl as a first language

Perl makes a good first language for several reasons: It can be tricky for a few other reasons: Okay, only the first of those possible cons has much merit. I do believe that learning a handful of languages will make you a better programmer afterall -- and at least one of those should be very low level, either C or some form of assembly.