My question, is can perl support a huge corporation?

One of the companies I used to work for was a third party warehousing and distribution company. Some of the customers are folks like Sun, Goodyear, Wal-Mart, and some hefty pharmacutical companies, to name a few. You may say, "so what?" Well, what I worked on was (mostly) the backend system, which made sure that the warehouses knew what stores needed what, and when. So, everything you see on the shelves at a Wal-Mart is there because Perl told the warehouse to get it there, and Perl told the main system that things were packed and shipped. Perl also let the companies know what their inventory was (via a web-interface) in any given warehouse, and allowed them to shift inventory.

So, not only can Perl support a huge corporation, but it also supports many of the goods you see on the shelves at various stores, as well as making sure hospitals and pharmacies have their needed drugs.

Next time you go into your local Wal-Mart (which I boycott, but that is another story) or K-Mart (too bad it isn't KM-art), you can thank Perl that the item you want is there, and in stock. If you are a customer of Sun, and call them saying you need a new monitor in an hour, and it gets to you in an hour.. thank Perl. If you need emergency surgery which required something like the drug Botox, thank Perl (and me, since I wrote all the software that that warehouse uses).

Perl is everywhere.. lurking, working, and making things work.

Cheers,
KM

In reply to Re: Can perl be anything like Java? by KM
in thread Can perl be anything like Java? by pos

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