So . What are the 'unlimited' potential of Perl? [web applications] [perl]
Q: So far I have been using my (limited) knowledge to create scripts for web applications to write and perform some tasks to perform there with Linux.
Are Perl applications that justify expanding my knowledge of Perl?
Re:<< I've just had the misfortune to be handed a bunch of perl scripts to maintain/extend. I have 0 experience with perl, but I gotta say, my first impression is What a butt-ugly language!
IMHO of course
Maybe I can convince the PTB to let me reimplement in Python… >>
Yup, Perl is among the ugliest languages in existance, but it's also one of the most powerful ones. Don't underestimate the power of Perl 
Re:I've just had the misfortune to be handed a bunch of perl scripts to maintain/extend. I have 0 experience with perl, but I gotta say, my first impression is What a butt-ugly language!
IMHO of course
Maybe I can convince the PTB to let me reimplement in Python…
Re:Check out my thread in this forum
PERL is great for automating trivial command line stuff… I have never done much hardcore PERL programming but it is great for network stuff as well.
Re:Hmm… so Perl can also be used to write whole programs with? How does it compare to other languages (e.g., C/C++) in this view?
How well does it work for embedded applications?
Re:Perl can do pretty much anything you want, it's a full blown programming language with many already made module (i.e. libararies). Check out cpan.org for most of the modules.
I used to use a GTK mail client written in perl.
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