I tried learning Scheme. I found that the syntax was easy, basic recursion was easy, solving simple math problems was easy, and even dealing with cons and cdr was pretty easy. What's difficult is learning functional…
Googling for "things I hate about Perl" turns up a number of articles -- often written by folks who like Perl 5 but who also are happy to admit to its issues.
> He is a former physicist? Good god, the waste... Not sure what you're getting at. I got my BS in Physics. Then even went to grad school for a while. There is no such thing as "getting a job in physics". There are…
I tried learning Scheme. I found that the syntax was easy, basic recursion was easy, solving simple math problems was easy, and even dealing with cons and cdr was pretty easy. What's difficult is learning functional…
Googling for "things I hate about Perl" turns up a number of articles -- often written by folks who like Perl 5 but who also are happy to admit to its issues.
> He is a former physicist? Good god, the waste... Not sure what you're getting at. I got my BS in Physics. Then even went to grad school for a while. There is no such thing as "getting a job in physics". There are…