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Re^3: Are we a dying breed?
by DrHyde (Prior) on Nov 11, 2005 at 10:16 UTC | |
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Re^3: Are we a dying breed?
by weierophinney (Pilgrim) on Nov 11, 2005 at 14:44 UTC | |
As noted in other replies, a solid programmer in any language -- such as those actually taught in colleges -- can likely be introduced to perl and become proficient in a matter of a week or two. (2) I'm not sure where you're coming from, but the buzz word 'CGI' never implied perl to me. It implied a dynamic site that was using any of a number of languages behind the scene -- C and perl being most common, but not the only players on the block (I saw sites written in shell). (2a) Regarding CPAN, it's not just about the central, searchable repository; it's also about the fact that CPAN: is a distribution mechanism that tracks dependencies; provides a testing framework; provides nightly builds of documentation; and more. | [reply] |
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Re^3: Are we a dying breed?
by demerphq (Chancellor) on Nov 14, 2005 at 12:03 UTC | |
Even today, CPAN is a buzz word Perl programmers waging quite often, when it is highly questionable whether a centralized code repository really provides much unreplacable benefit. Java doesn't have CPAN, but Java has google. C# doesn't have CPAN, but c# has google. You can easily find everything just googling or yahooing. I might have given you the benefit of the doubt until this comment. Its quite clear that you havent the foggiest idea about what you speak. Google is so far from a replacement for CPAN that it isn't funny. Every time I've had to search for useful free code for any other language I've come away thanking the powers that be that I use Perl and have CPAN to back me up. While not everything on CPAN is quality software, lots of it is. The same can't be said of Java's or C#'s collections available from Google. You keep trolling this site bashing Perl and apparently promoting Java. Its not clear why. Perhaps Larry Wall didnt talk to you at a convention, perhaps you are just an attention seeker, perhaps you are a shill for Sun or Microsoft. Whatever. Most people here don't care, and would rather you just wander off back to where you came from. If you have anything constructive or useful to add to the site other than regularly repeating "perl is dead" then please do so. Otherwise just bug off.
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Re^3: Are we a dying breed?
by radiantmatrix (Parson) on Nov 14, 2005 at 20:16 UTC | |
I think many people make the mistake that Perl is trying to compete with other languages, or that people will chose Java, C#, or some other language instead of Perl. The reality, of course, is that most Perl programmers don't program only in Perl. Many very knowledgable Perl folks use C, Java, or even one of the .NET languages. Perl does what it does very well, and continues to be used (albiet more quietly than in the past) to maintain a huge extant code base and to create new applications. Unfortunately, because Perl is not in the limelight (marketing, magazine articles, etc.) nor taught in programming classes, Perl programmers are harder to find. Because there are fewer Perl programmers than, say, Java programmers, management is more likely to select Java because they know they can find a replacement coder if someone quits. What gets used for big software projects has almost nothing to do with the quality of the language, and everything to do with management's confidence in finding good people (and being able to afford to pay them).
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