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

"pp" == p podmostko <p.podmostko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

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

that is a classic part of the knowledge scaling i mentioned. sorting is
one of the core areas taught in every algorithm class. i won't give you
a fish but you want to learn the bubble sort. it is the easiest sort to
code up but one of the slowest to run. but the speed doesn't matter for
short data sets and it is very educational to know how to code it up and
learning WHY it is slow.

uri

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