Re:Well, duh! (Score 1)

Indeed, I completely agree with the GreatBunzinni. The original statement is misleading or unnessary as he pointed out. Perhaps perl is easier to learn for most people, the school system seems to think that Java is a great starting language. I tend to disagree, back in the day I tried teaching myself Java 1.1 and the farthest I got were animated applets. When I took up PASCAL, I had a much easier time, had more fun, and developed a bunch of silly games & apps (it all fit on a single floppy disk & anywhere with a PC I coded). The smallish games that I coded still had a plethora of functions and needed a certain amount of design. HelloWorld in a cool looking font isn't a game.