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I've heard about a merger between two companies. One use Java, the other used Perl. At some point both teams were told that they had to add a particular featu
by b2gills 6y ago
I've heard about a merger between two companies.
One use Java, the other used Perl.
At some point both teams were told that they had to add a particular feature.
The Perl team was done well before the Java team.
This was a story from one of the Perl trainers. I don't remember enough about the rest of the video in order to find it online.
- lizmat 6y agoIf we're talking about the same thing: this was about merging their databases, so that either could sell the other company's inventory. Both had an XML-interface for affiliates. It took the Perl team about 3 weeks to be able sell the other company's inventory using the XML-interface. The other company at that point hadn't agreed on a date for a initial design meeting yet. By this, the company of the Perl team almost doubled its turn-over in 3 weeks. The other company ceased to exist a few years later, with most of its staff integrated in the company with the Perl team.