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Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:19:43 -0800
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From: "Mladen Gogala" <mladen@wangtrading.com>
Subject: RE: Isnumeric question
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Because my new company is using python and I think I'll have to learn it
sooner or later.
What is more, there seems to be growing confusion with versions on Windows
operating
systems. ActiveState is lagging behind with DBI/DBD drivers and it was a
problem to get
it all working.
What is more, Perl 6 is in the making, to be launched early next year. Do
you remember 
transition from the perl4 -> perl5 and from "oraperl" (perl 4.36) -->
DBI/DBD? If I have
to re-read all the books just to keep my knowledge, it will be a huge
investment. There are
many things that are not mentioned in "Learning Perl" and without which perl
is practically
unusable. I'm talking about the references, objects, perlpod, "anonymous
subroutines", "arrays 
of references" and alike. For example \($a,$b,$c,$d) =(\$a,\$b,\$c,\$d)
while [$a,$b,$c,$d] 
is a reference to array. In order for perl to be useful, one must read
"Learning Perl" + at
least one other book about Perl & OO, and, of course, have "Perl
Programming" at the shelf,
whe he needs to find an appropriate built-in variable. Re-learning and
re-purchasing my 3rd 
set of books is going to be quite expensive. Tim O'Reilly will probably
surpass Jeff Bezos on
the Forbes list when that happens. BTW, are Tim O'Reilly and Bill O'Reilly
related in any way, 
shape or form?

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Mladen Gogala
Oracle DBA 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ml-errors@fatcity.com [mailto:ml-errors@fatcity.com] On 
> Behalf Of Pete Finnigan
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 1:45 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Re: Isnumeric question
> 
> 
> Mladen,
> 
> Why python?, why not keep using perl?
> 
> cheers
> 
> pete
> -- 
> Pete Finnigan
> email:pete@petefinnigan.com
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