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Re^3: Is Perl a good career move?
by marto (Cardinal) on May 30, 2015 at 14:59 UTC

    "there are not even good reference sites for learning perl.My oly source are perl monks,stack overflow and some other random sites that pop up."

    "can u elaborate???

    On what? Keep in mind you're replying to a ten year old post.

    "i think everyone should come forward and learn and teach perl to promote it and make it a widely popular language."

    Please let us know when you are working towards this initiative.

Re^3: Is Perl a good career move?
by morgon (Priest) on May 30, 2015 at 23:25 UTC
    fuck that perl
    That is a good description of what the industry has been doing.

    Perl is still a very nice and very useful language (and it is still a viable option for those with a lot of experience) but I very much doubt that someone who is starting out would be wise to invest in Perl for career purposes.

      Recently had a discussion about some Python code with some Python "experts" and was able to show them multiple design problems, just because I was able to translate my deep Perl know how to Python.

      So investment in dynamic languages as a whole is certainly good.

      (citing Guido "from a 10 km perspective above Python, Ruby and Perl are exactly the same language" ->5:50 )

      The dilemma is that the industry has no good criteria to judge the proficiency of a supposed "expert".

      I'm often dealing with people with >10 year Perl "experience" unable to properly use modules.

      Cheers Rolf
      (addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)
      Je suis Charlie!