I don't think Perl programmers are easier to deal with, but I don't think they are harder to deal with either.

I actually find that people who deal with many languages are easier to deal with because they have less religious zealotry. I've had a particular experience this week was just painful because the other side assumed that I wouldn't want to use any non-free or closed source stuff, when in reality I don't really care (as I type this on my Mac, and have Photoshop and InDesign fired up).

I find the best customer service to be from internal people (not outsourced call centers) who are well taken care of by their employers, regardless of what computer or operating system they have in front of them. I know plenty of great and wonderful people using Windows, C++, Java, or whatever we sometimes joke about, and I think those people would have the same great attitude even if they used something else.

On the other hand, a lot of people are jerks no matter what they use. ;)

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brian d foy <bdfoy@cpan.org>

In reply to Re: Are Perl programmers just easier to deal with? by brian_d_foy
in thread Are Perl programmers just easier to deal with? by CloneArmyCommander

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