Thanks for this info Your Mother.

As I said to ww, I'm not a programmer (in the typical sense) so it's just what I see in what I do.

I'll code in any language to make my life easier, and as I said in my original reply, jobs per language are based on many things and I'm definitely not authoritative on the subject. For me, Perl is everything. I can code circles in Perl around many 'programmers' using any other language for the work I do and have done in the same amount of time (especially thanks to those on PerlMonks).

I'd choose Perl 5 over any language, any day, if I got a side job for anything where a program would be needed. Besides, I've been here on PerlMonks for ~six years now, and know a LOT of people here who I could pass a job onto if ever necessary.

-stevieb