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Re: My cow-orkers mostly...

by logan (Curate)
on Jan 21, 2005 at 18:18 UTC ( [id://424092]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to My cow-orkers mostly...

Actually, perl gets a lot of respect in my office. We're a pure unix shop, spun off from SGI and now 90% Linux. Every desk has a Windows box, but some of them are collecting dust in the corner. The prevailing attitude is that perl has it's place, but if you need to write fast code (as opposed to writing code fast), you need C. Since we build video server platforms, I really can't argue. That said, perl has a place in the product and the company. Some of our database tools are perl, our test tools are mostly perl, and our product's internal diagnostic scripts are perl. Morover, every week or so I get a rush job to test something very specific or recreate a scenario that's surfaced in the field. Perl to the rescue.

-Logan
"What do I want? I'm an American. I want more."

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