Re: Is it me, or is it the job?

In the short term, would your employer let you use one of Perl's younger sisters, namely Jython? This would allow you to code at a high level much like that of Perl, but still remain in Java country.

You can also make use of one of your local Perl mongers groups.

Best wishes, and don't give up on the search ;-)

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Re: Re: Is it me, or is it the job? by rje (Deacon) on May 17, 2004 at 14:22 UTC
Thank you for the creative suggestion. I had thought about using my own LISP interpreter (written in Java) to contain business logic in our apps, or Jython, or Beanshell, etc etc; unfortunately, I understand that the reason they insist on Java is precisely because there are many people who know Java; thus this small company can find a replacement when a programmer leaves. Moving logic off to a language which is not Java defeats this purpose.	[reply]

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by rje (Deacon) on May 17, 2004 at 14:22 UTC

Thank you for the creative suggestion. I had thought about using my own LISP interpreter (written in Java) to contain business logic in our apps, or Jython, or Beanshell, etc etc; unfortunately, I understand that the reason they insist on Java is precisely because there are many people who know Java; thus this small company can find a replacement when a programmer leaves. Moving logic off to a language which is not Java defeats this purpose.

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