If you like Perl better, then use it for your personal projects.

That said, you might still want to learn Java. Especially now since Sun has apparently GPL'd their implementation. Plus, as an added bonus, it'll be useful to know for when you're porting old Java code to Perl6. ;P

When you go in for an interview, the interviewer (in my experience) may hand you a dry-erase marker and say, "solve this problem in whatever language you like". Maybe they'll privately be hoping you use Perl. Or Lisp, or something else. The choice you make here says something about your skills and preferences.

One nice thing about Perl is, you can learn the basics of the language very quickly. Don't be scared off -- Perl does indeed make easy things easy.

In reply to Re: Can Perl be more than a hobby language? by j3
in thread Can Perl be more than a hobby language? by Alien

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