[prog] On Perl

[k.clair]

Hello,

I think I'm coming in late on this discussion (just joined the list) but
I would say -- your brain can only hold so much information at one time. 
For me, different projects have different focuses (foci?) and sometimes
require very different programming approaches.  I often have to go back
and look at scripts I've written to remind myself what I knew when I
wrote them, but have since forgotten in favor of what I'm working on
now.

As for regexes, the standard far of how to use (), [], [^], ^, $, {}, *,
+, $1 etc, and the escape characters usually goes a long way. And it usually
becomes obvious when I need to do something more, and then I hit the
books.

kristina

On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 08:44:54PM -0700, kansas_kennedy at phreaker.net wrote:
- How's it going with you guys in learning Perl? It's all complex for me. A 
- lot of thing to remember.
- 
- I am using Robert's guide + Programming and Learning Perl when needed. Plus 
- perldoc. But I can't be consistent. I resume every alternate day. It hurts 
- my back :-)...
- 
- Just wanted to ask the more experieced if it is necessary to memorize all 
- the regex syntax. My understanding is if I can do it from Learning Perl it 
- will suffice and the Programming Perl's regex will come in handy over the 
- years of usage.
- 
- Anyone has any comment on this?
- 
- Regards,
- Kenny.
- 
- ps. regex in damn complex :-(
- 
- 
- 
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