Do I Need HTML To Learn PERL?

[gobbly2100]

Hello there,

I am completly new to the idea of CGI and PERL but I have started a course which is going to teach me it.

What I was wondering is does it pay to have good knowlage of HTML or is it not used in PERL?

Sorry if this question is really stupid.

[FishMonger]

If you're going to use Perl to wtite CGI scripts, then you should have some knowledge of HTML.

However, Perl is a general purpose scripting language that can be used for many other purposes other that CGI, so knowlege of HTML is not a requirement for learning Perl.

[KevinADC]

You will need to know some html to write CGI scripts, html is sort of the glue between the client (the web browser) and the cgi script on the server, so it helps to know html if you're going to write cgi scripts. But html can be learned as you progress in CGI/perl programming. HTML is very simple.