Re: Is PERL good for a linguist new to programming?

On May 25, 1:28 pm, ccc31807 <carte...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 25, 1:56 am, p.podmos...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Well, I'll try anyway :) Thank you for so many suggestions and
comments.

You're welcome.

I'm a drummer myself, I write music. However, I've always wanted to
learn a programming language but never really had a purpose. An I
agree, you can learn notes and theory but to have that nack for
applying that and actually write music is something different. Let me
see if I have it for programming.

I am not a programmer. I just write programs as part of my job. In a
way, I'm an amateur programmer in the original sense of 'amateur' --
that is, one who does something because he loves it, not for money.

I enjoy writing little scripts even though I'm not a star. Just as I
enjoy performing music (my main instrument is the bagpipe, and this
month I've performed publicly 14 times, and generated almost $1,000 in
revenue, and brought joy to about 12,000 people) but know that I'll
never perform with the perfection of a professional.

The key is having fun, and if you don't worry about being in the top
rank you can certainly have fun, whether it be music, or sports, or
cooking, or programming. There really is a joy to writing a little
script that performs a task that makes me feel warm inside, and
astounds others who think you do magic. Sort of like playing the
bagpipe.

Remember that the benefit is commensurate with effort, that nothing is
free, and that you will only achieve your aim with lots of sweat and
pain.

CC

Well, thats why im doing it mainly. I also want to be a better
specialist in my domain (im a translator), but hence my above
question. Im just worried if my brain will be up to par with all the
challenges posed by programming.

Right now for example im racking my brains how to sort several words
alphabetically using only if, for, else, and several variables. So i
really got into it but im afraid that ill get discouraged if i see im
not cut out for it.

Regards
Przemek
.

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