Re: Can Perl be more than a hobby language?

Frankly, if you want money, .NET/C# is the way to go (and Java to a lesser extent). .NET/C# will likely replace Java over the next decade or so as the predominant "portable" programming language (/dons asbestos cloak to protect from flames). And this is advice coming from someone who can't stand Java _OR_ C#.

I agree with most of the people in this thread...learn it all, you can never know too much. But Perl jobs are few and far between, and the ones you'll come across likely won't be high paying. This isn't saying high paying Perl jobs don't exist, they just are a lot harder to come by.

That aside, Perl is my favorite language to program in :)

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Re^2: Can Perl be more than a hobby language? by chromatic (Archbishop) on Nov 15, 2006 at 19:10 UTC
Java now has a chance of being portable to more than a couple of platforms, in a non-encumbered way. It's really difficult to say the same thing about Mono and C#.	[reply]
Re^3: Can Perl be more than a hobby language? by sgt (Deacon) on Nov 15, 2006 at 22:14 UTC
the jvm has also become the target of other languages implementations. so what ms is pushing for .net is occurring "naturally" for the java runtime. it's refreshing to be able to program in scheme using SISC or Kawa. probably it will be even more so with the GPL. It's definitely a runtime to consider ;) it's funny you are mentioning factor -- without having played with it -- i find it interesting too (and its author's blog too) I have played with it a bit as I smelled potential for one of my favourite subject: symbolic manipulation. what is annoying is that I can "play" mostly on HP-UX and cygwin, and these days on HP-UX you have to compile everything by yourself... will have to try co-linux some day --stephan	[reply]