j...@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) writes: > In comp.lang.python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> > wrote: >> On Sun, 05 May 2013 12:11:11 -0500, Ignoramus16992 wrote: > >> > According to CIO.com, Python programmers make only $83,000 per year, >> > while Perl programmers make $93,000 per year. >> > >> > http://www.cio.com/slideshow/detail/97819?source=ifwartcio#slide10 >> > http://www.cio.com/slideshow/detail/97819?source=ifwartcio#slide11 >> > >> > I would like to know, what explains the discrepancy. > >> Perl is much harder to use, so the average Perl programmer burns out >> after a few years and takes up a less stressful career, like going >> undercover in the Russian mob or the Taliban. So only the most dedicated, >> brilliant and extreme programmers last long enough to become a Perl >> expert, and consequently can demand higher pay, while any idiot can learn >> to program Python, as I have. > >> Also, Perl programmers are an unprincipled, devious bunch, always looking >> for an opportunity to blackmail their employers into paying them extra. >> Python programmers are a decent, law-abiding people with a strong moral >> code who would never stoop to the sort of things that Perl coders are >> proud of doing. > > Now you got me badly worried, using both Perl and Python (and > other, unspeakable languages, but not VB I promise!) Will I > end up as a Python hacker for the mob or worse
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