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Language is much less important to me than the actual work, and I can use whatever language I want in my job. The problem is there are so few people who code P
by rjurney 17y ago
Language is much less important to me than the actual work, and I can use whatever language I want in my job. The problem is there are so few people who code Perl anymore it makes it hard to collaborate if I use Perl.
- berntb 17y agoMy point was that if you check job boards etc, there seems to be lots of Perl jobs/people around. The closest hub to me is probably London. But if popularity is a factor, then go PHP...
- rjurney 17y agoRight, and my point was I don't want a Perl job. I've had Perl jobs, from jobs.perl.org. I don't want a PHP job, nobody would work with me in that language either. Most people use Ruby/Python in my circles these days. I find language specific jobs incredibly lame. Language is a small factor in what I do. I just want to be able to say, "I'm gonna do it in Perl." and not have everyone groan and not want to work with me on it.
- berntb 17y agoYou could have written that "in my circles" part from the beginning. :-)
- rjurney 17y agoIf you don't define your circle as 'workplaces from jobs.perl.org' then you have trouble using Perl ;)
- berntb 17y agoWell, I do -- at least for a subset of those geographic areas. Something similar goes for most any language, except (probably) Java and PHP. Unless you already live in e.g. London or some other hub for a given environment.