Monks,

I was wondering if Perl is the first programming language one learns, will that make it easier or more difficult for them to learn another programming language such as C? I am thinking of pursuing a degree in Computer Science and I was just curious if I would have an edge over somebody with no programming language at all or will I just be more confused because I'm trying to relate everything I'm learning to how it is done in Perl, but in reality it is totally different?

Thanks,

Dru