Re: Are Perl and the dynamic languages dead or what ?

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

Benjamin Disraeli

Trends in the demand for Perl programmers is, of course, a topic of great interest to us in the Monastery, but the sources you cited don't give me enough to form a solid opinion one way or the other. It is certainly possible that demand for Perl programmers has slumped since the beginning of 2005, but the data offered by Dice is too sketchy to be taken seriously. And the support you cited for the "opposite opinion" seems to me even weaker.

the lowliest monk

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Re^2: Are Perl and the dynamic languages dead or what ? by davidrw (Prior) on Jun 25, 2005 at 17:44 UTC
Don't forget this famous quote by Homer: people can come up with statistics to prove anything ... Forty percent of all people know that. But yeah, you and jhourcle and brian_d_foy make good points about the stats.. I'm sure there's other people here that always view any kind of statistical statement with immediate skepticism (sample size? source? misleading/vauge? etc)	[reply]