Re: [Omaha.pm] Perl, Python, Ruby or PHP ...

[Jay Hannah <jay@jays.net>]

On Feb 28, 2007, at 2:27 PM, Thompson, Kenn wrote:
> Here's food for thought... Given it's an "Internet" programming 
> course, with no previous experience needed (meaning it would be 
> unlikely that the student would know/understand concepts such as OO, 
> typecasting/etc), wouldn't it be better to start the series with a 
> crash course in JavaScript, then follow up with a strong language like 
> Perl?

I've only ever talked to one person that enjoys programming JavaScript. 
The general sentiment (even among Java programmers) I've heard is 
dislike to hatred of JavaScript. I've often heard it has no relation to 
Java and "not a real language"...?

$0.02,

j