"When choosing a language to develop an application in while being employed, there's a lot more that matters than whether language X is more suited than language Y." ++.
You are right (as you 99.9999% of the times are) :)
I have not "mastered" perl,lots to learn,I dont think even you or merlyn or the other guru's here quite claim that.(so I probably never will).:))
shorter development time i could provide but your quote above has made me factor in the "political environment" in an organization.
I guess i'll just tread on as few toes as possible :))
thanks