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There is nothing wrong as such with learning Perl as a fist language, even though there wouldn't be any compelling reason to choose it over - say - Python or Ruby either.

But I believe there is no niche for Perl-programmers that you could fill.

There are of course still Perl-jobs to be found, but mostly for people with lots of experience.

Without any commercial experience, just claiming to be an expert on Perl your cv goes straight to the bin - even if your really are an expert.

You may of course be lucky, so I guess it depends on your set of mind.

If you want to enter a lottery, go for it.

If you want a career in it that you can plan forget about Perl as an investment, that's sad but it's how I see it.

In reply to Re: Is it still worth learning Perl as a first language? by morgon
in thread Is it still worth learning Perl as a first language? by tm2383

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