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People still use Perl?

• wschroed 12y ago
  Yes. And I am looking for Perl programmers right now: http://www.reddit.com/r/stljobs/comments/2a9940/seeking_software_developer_for_the_genome/ It gets the job done, is an easy language for people to get into, has enough flexibility to adapt to a huge number of programming patterns, and has a large and active community. We write real applications with it that help scientists find cures for diseases.
  • collyw 12y ago
    Would there be any possibility of remote work from Europe? My current job is building / maintaining the LIMS system for a sequencing centre in Spain. I did that in Django, but I did years of Perl before hand.
    • wschroed 12y ago
      No. :( Our users -- lab folks -- are not particularly computer savvy, and everyone benefits from the face time, especially when it comes to translating what they said on a JIRA issue to their actual problem.
• masukomi 12y ago
  Yes, and many more of us wish our employers would let us use it at work too.
  • deleted 12y ago
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• n0body 12y ago
  everyday, although I use Catalyst, not mojo, but it's still nice to see a Perl project on hacker news.
• drone 12y ago
  Yes, and in fact, we have an open position for someone who knows Mojolicious: https://angel.co/macrofab-inc/jobs/33566-ui-developer https://angel.co/macrofab-inc/jobs/33566-ui-developer
• moltar 12y ago
  Every day for 15 years now.