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My co-workers refuse to learn or use Perl because ...

Some people like to type the same sequence of keys until they have Carpal Tunnel.
That Java code almost writes itself!
The IDE does all that work anyway.
No time to pick up a new skill, even if it saves time.
Can't read regular expressions.
Don't believe in all that "natural language" stuff.
On the list of things to do someday.
Don't write scripts, just create macros.

jbt

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