I asked this question in Chatterbox because I thought it not especially important. Then I thought it might be important to me. And anyway no one gave me an answer.

There is a slight possibility that Perl will start being used in my shop. And a slight possibility I might be asked to make some recommendations on how to manage our use of Perl. Questions: Where is Perl in your shop(central server or individual machines)? Are your module downloads regulated or can everyone choose their own? Do you have a CVS? Anything else it would be good to consider?

Thank you,

xenchu

Update:First, I want to thank everyone who replied. Your input is both useful and appreciated.

Let me expand a bit on what I wrote originally. I work in the Business Department of a State University. Mostly we use Cobol and Focus on an IBM mainframe. Recently the school bought some web software packages to allow such activities as grading by faculty, grade checking by students, overdue bill notification and a great deal more via the web. The university also belongs to a consortium of schools in this area that use this software. The consortium voted to use Perl for web programming. That doesn't mean we will but it is a solid nudge in that direction.

We have source management software named Endevor but since it is on MVS on the IBM mainframe we probably could not use it for Perl (is there an IBM MVS Perl?). In fact, one of our sys admins (at least) uses Perl, but that is a personal copy of Perl on a Unix machine(the school has several that we don't program on). Our change control at the shop is good and always has been. If management fears that Perl cannot be managed, it will not be used by the department. That is just about a certainty. That is why I asked about change control. It is important and strictly managed in my shop. In fact, it is mandated by the state.

I have two copies of Perl on my machine at work. Activestate Perl for my Windows OS and the copy that came with RH Linux 9. My manager is aware of this and is ok with it as long as I don't use Linux during working hours.I also have RH Linux 9 on my machine at home.

BTW, after we got this new web software, we started acquiring webservers, Oracle, SQL, etc. SQL is not, as yet, under change control as far as I know. Even though most of this software is not the responsibility of Business, I am hopeful that this will nudge us toward Perl.

Again I want to thank everyone who answered. My optimistic guess is that the soonest we could get Perl would be one year. But I want Perl at work, so I am trying to plan ahead.

Thanks again.

PS. I'm a real Monk now!

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