[prog] On Perl

[Jenn Vesperman]

On Sat, 2002-10-12 at 13:44, kansas_kennedy at phreaker.net wrote:

> 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.

Having been programming for many years, I don't memorise the specifics
of any language. I know how to -program-, I don't necessarily know how
to program in Foo.

Knowing how to program in Foo is what books are for. :)




Jenn V.
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