[Boston.pm] [OT?] job opportunity for OO perl programmer

2005-04-29 Thread andrew burke
Hey guys, I usually lurk, but I figure someone might be interested in this: I work at Turbine, a local video game company (Asheron's Call, AC2, working on DD Online, Lord of the Rings Online). I'm transitioning to a different team and we need to fill my current position. I have been very

Re: [Boston.pm] why popularity matters

2005-03-04 Thread andrew burke
Not on a public list, no. You are free to ask the question, but not to expect others to constrain themselves to your arbitrary lines of response. It's not that people don't like you personally, it's just that we all feel kind of put upon to be told, don't say what you think, just let me

Re: [Boston.pm] GUI builders, support tools

2005-03-01 Thread andrew burke
Most long time Perl programmers will scoff at IDEs, but the lack of tools is part of the problem of Perl not being accepted by the corporate IT community. Of course it is also a catch-22. Without a critical mass of users, there isn't a financial incentive for companies to develop such tools.

Re: [Boston.pm] (also) Perl

2005-02-28 Thread andrew burke
If I could write standalone programs for windows in perl, and be able to share those programs with my non-perl collegues at work without over head of them having to install perl separately, would work wonders for general acceptance of the language. I understand that I can bundled perl itself