Perl (Programming Language)
Blake Barker
Today, aspiring programmers and technicians often think that the first coding language they should learn is C++. Though the C++ teaches a great amount of information, the language is starting to show it’s age. C++ was the biggest programming language back in the day, and hundreds of companies were looking for people who were experts at coding in the language.
(Your keyboard becomes your best friend during programming – study the functions)
The truth?
Not many companies write off of C++ anymore — they’ve become to write in programming languages such as
- BASIC
- Java
- Perl
All of these are beneficial for people looking to get a job as a programmer. Being an aspiring technician myself, I acknowledge that a technician should know both programming in several programming languages as well as how to physically fix computers. Below, I’m going to give you an example of perl.
Step 1
When expressing a task on a computer it’s important to be able to express yourself. Instead of saying I want a program that removes my useless files, how about saying I want a program that looks into each file, and if the file is over 6 months old and doesn’t have the line ‘Blake’ in the first five sentences, and in turn it deletes the file. You have to be very specific.
Step 2
Turn that thought into a programming language you’re using.
Interpreted vs. Compiled Source Code
What is a language that is interpreted? BASIC. Basic needs another program called the interpreter to process the source code. This action converts the instruction into a lower-level of understanding for the computer to process. In English, we may say “do this” or “don’t do that!” but in computer language becomes similar to 1111000001111456e786. You know what the funny part is? For the computer, that’s the easy to read instruction…
Let’s give you an example
Tim goes to dinner with his father in law on a Friday night. Instead of him telling the waiter “I want fried chicken,” what if Tim says “I want fried chicken, lightly fried with a side of fries, a ketchup dip and a glass of Coke.” Try being very specific to the point where someone or something can’t possibly ask you anymore questions for that specific ‘instruction.’
Well, that was my tutorial on Perl today! I will write a continuation of this post in the near future. This should be like an introduction for you and I am hoping that you all enjoyed it.