in reply to Pure Perl developer

I find that it is hard (and inneffective) to be a pure-anything developer these days.
First, by limiting yourself to one language, methodology, etc. you are limiting your ability to grow and to learn to solve new kinds of problems.
More importantly, in today's environment much of the work depends on knowing multiple languages. For example in many of my Perl projects, I also use JavaScript1, XML and XSLT, SQL and PL/SQL, Lexer and Parser Languages (these days it's Parse::RecDescent, it used to be Lex and Yacc). Plus ELisp off and on to make my environment better.

Finally, with the market the way it is, I find myself worried less about finding the perfect Perl job and more about finding any job.

1I will risk the downvoting here and say that JavaScript is a great language. Now that the browser people are approaching common ground with the DOM, you can do amazing things with JavaScript. It does for the client end what Perl does for the server end.

-pete
"Worry is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere."

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Re: Re: Pure Perl developer
by nite_man (Deacon) on Jul 03, 2003 at 15:40 UTC

    I find that it is hard (and inneffective) to be a pure-anything developer these days.

    I'm agree with you, but I mean another thing. Now, I develop a billing system on Perl (I use Perl, Embperl, mod_perl, SQL, HTML, JavaScript) but I'm not sure that when this project will be finished I will develop next project on Perl. I'm affraid that I should be develop on Java or something.

    It's good to know many programming languages and technologies but is it possible to be a professional in all of them? 

          
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      Piccasso was once asked what was the reason that he used to change so much his style of painting. And he said that the only reason was addapting to the special object of every painting...

      I believe that a real artist of programming should think the same way.

      One cannot be impossing a language just because it is the one in fashion, or because it is the one that we feel more comfortable with.

      When I saw what LINUX was made of, I returned to my previous concept of programming. Not the crap that is said of programming nowadays. Perl is also a fountain of ideas and resources! Much like the LINUX spirit.

      We have to be lucky to know one real programmer and get the real idea of what is living as such. There is nothing of the commercial propaganda in it! I swear.

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