Here is why I'm bummed about this. Like other people who have posted - after years of coding perl for money, I have vowed never to do it again. (I find that it produces encourages unmaintainable code.) Also, I think my main marketable skill now is Zope. So, were I to want to find a different job now coding Zope - perl will be expected to be in my skill set. Other companies using zope will almost certainly have perl methods laying around that need to be maintained. So, basically, in order to find a job using zope - I'll have to relearn, and code in perl at that job. So, I believe this is enough reason for me to start considering other web technologies for me, and my company. ^Roman
"PE" == Paul Everitt <Paul@digicool.com> writes:
PE> Howdy gang. Below is an announcement that we'll start PE> distributing over the next 24 hours. I wanted to let you PE> folks see it first. In summary: Perl Methods. PE> This isn't a press release, which we'll be doing in the run-up PE> to the O'Reilly Open Source conference in July, when the code PE> is closer to being available. PE> ----------- PE> Digital Creations, creators of the Open Source Zope PE> application server, announced today that it is teaming with PE> ActiveState, a leading provider of Internet programming PE> software, to make Perl a scripting language for Zope. PE> Perl is the predominant scripting language for Internet PE> applications and is a key success story for the Open Source PE> software movement. Zope is written in Python, the fastest PE> growing Open Source scripting language. PE> "It is clear that the strength of Zope realizes the future PE> architecture of the Web," says Paul Everitt, CEO of Digital PE> Creations. "This dynamic architecture, and the people working PE> with it, are a fantastic match for scripting languages. Thus PE> it is natural that Digital Creations would team with PE> ActiveState to make Perl a scripting language for Zope." PE> "Zope is a powerful content management system that we use PE> internally," said Dick Hardt, CEO of ActiveState. "By adding PE> the power of Perl to Zope, we will be able to leverage all the PE> existing Perl technology that we have as well as bring the PE> worlds of Python and Perl closer together." PE> Under this agreement, ActiveState will get Python and Perl to PE> run in the same application. More specifically, Perl PE> programmers can code critical pieces of business logic in Zope PE> solutions. PE> "The Perl for Zope project brings the worlds of the two most PE> important open source programming languages together," stated PE> Gisle Aas, Senior Developer, ActiveState. "Python programmers PE> will be able to directly take advantage of the large PE> collection of reusable Perl program modules, like DBI, found PE> on CPAN. Perl programmers will be able to program and PE> customize the Zope web application server using their favorite PE> language." PE> The initial developer release of Perl For Zope will coincide PE> with the O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention in July PE> 2000. For more information on the project, please visit the PE> Perl For Zope project page at PE> http://www.zope.org/Wikis/zope-perl/. PE> Contact Information PE> For Digital Creations, contact Paul Everitt, PE> paul@digicool.com, 540.371.6909x102. For ActiveState, contact PE> Lori Pike, lorip@activestate.com, 604.713.8433. PE> --Paul PE> Paul Everitt Digital Creations paul@digicool.com 540.371.6909 PE> ----------------------------------------- The Open Source Zope PE> application server http://www.zope.org/ PE> ----------------------------------------- PE> _______________________________________________ Zope-Announce PE> maillist - Zope-Announce@zope.org PE> http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce No cross PE> posts or HTML encoding! (Related lists - Users: PE> http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope Developer: PE> http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )