Ken Manheimer <klm@digicool.com> writes:
On 25 May 2000, Roman Milner wrote:
Well, my point is that I don't think you will be able to ignore it. Your boss will give you a product to maintain that includes someone else's perl code - sooner or later.
My boss isn't going to suddenly tell me that I'm now either a perl developer or unemployed, because he hired me for my judgement & decision skills as well as my keyboard pounding skills. If your boss didn't hire you for that reason - well, its an excellent time to be a skilled IT worker looking for a job. & if your boss doesn't value your intelligence and also wants you to suddenly hack perl, then your boss didn't read your resume. & to reinforce what Ken says:
For all of you that love Python, and testify to either leaving perl with great relief or not being willing to learn it in the first place - why don't you trust your judgement?
It's also an even more excellent time to be a sklled Zopista looking for a job. Find a good place looking to start a Zope project, build them a site, & you'll be deciding whether to use Perl products or not. I can understand the fear of dilluting a good clean python/C environment with evil dirty perl, but if I didn't think that a Zope environment will continue to be a good place to be, I'd already have a different email address. -- Karl Anderson karl@digicool.com