As the "Geek Cruiser Emeritus", having been on all three cruises (and soon to be a fourth two weeks from now), I can support that.

The Perl crowd was very fun, connected, and yet diverse.

The Java crowd was very sedate, disconnected, and yet amazingly "all out of one mold".

The XML crowd was also sedate, almost polarized (dataheads, webheads, docheads), and yet young-ish since the field is new.

I'd definitely go on another Perl cruise. The other ones I'm starting to think will simply be a great place for me to get away from The Monestary for a week. {grin}

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker