On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 09:55:11AM +0000, Simon Wilcox wrote: > > At one level I agree and look forward to the day when I can easily work in > a language I feel most comfortable with. At another level it scares me to > death.
Amen! > In anything less than the largest software houses, a standard language > will be chosen and used because it will reduce the maintenance costs. <Bzzzt> Working in a small s/ware house, I could choose the tool for the job ... and we ended up shipping Perl with the COBOL app. In larger organisations that I've seen they're *more* likely to standardise because of arbitrary rules handed down. > There is nothing more likely to derail a project than coming across code > that needs to be changed for which you don't have the available skills. Seems to me, more likely in larger shops: is smaller places, people know what's going on. > Unless perl is accepted as a language of choice by *management* it will > not be pre-eminent in this space. It will always find a place in the JFDI > toolbag but it will not be the number one choice at a senior level. Agreed, but not specifically about your message, I see a people wanting 'a Perl job' and not seeing 'a job where I can use Perl'. In the end, I'd prefer the later because I can play to Perl's strengths, but not be forced to use it when there are better alternatives (not that I can think of any ATM). -- Chris Benson
