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in reply to Perl as Zen Painting
I agree. As one who has "painted by numbers" to use your analogy, I find Perl intensly liberating. Once you get beyond the stage of learning even a small part of the language, you find that more can be said with less. As you begin to realize this, (as I am as I write this), it suddenly dawns on you that nothing more need be said.
I am just starting down the Perl path, but I have already found that with Perl I think less about syntax and more about meaning. Years ago, I had a professor who admonished me to think "less about the language, and more about the algorhythm." The most interesting aspect of developing with Perl is that the language itself get's out of its own way, and allows you to keep the end result in mind. This is its true power, and its true beauty.
That professor was very wise.
Simplicus.
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