[tpm] Misdirected effort

[Alejandro Imass]

I already mentioned some stuff on this thread but I just came across this
and I think it's pertinent to the topic in question.

http://blogs.perl.org/users/joel_berger/2012/06/why-full-closure-support-makes-perl-great-for-science.html

On May 7, 2012 3:50 PM, <arocker at vex.net> wrote:

>
> An article in May's "Linux Journal" mentions a site called "Software
> Carpentry" http://software-carpentry.org/about/ninety-second-pitch/ which
> aims to teach scientists how to program.
>
> A noble aim, but they spoil it by picking Python as the language of
> instruction. How can we show them the error of their ways, apart from
> referencing the role of Perl in bioinformatics?
>
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