Q&A
| Q1: | If Perl is so easy to learn, why do I need 21 days to learn it? |
| A1: | You probably don't. If you've got 21 days and nothing else to do, you can learn a whole lot of Perl—more Perl than many people who call themselves Perl programmers know. But chances are good that you can pick up just enough Perl to get by in the first week or two, and ignore the harder stuff until you feel more adventurous or need to do more with the language. If you've already got a strong programming background in some other language, you can probably rip through these earlier chapters quite a bit faster than at the rate of a chapter a day. One of Perl's basic tenets is that you should be able to get your job done as quickly as possible with the least amount of work. ... |
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