Re^2: Defending Perl

The idea that it's easier to recruit Ruby programmers than Perl programmers in London completely astounds me.

... unless your company finds it easier to recruit Ruby programmers willing to work for 25K pounds.

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Re^3: Defending Perl by runrig (Abbot) on Nov 16, 2007 at 23:22 UTC
You haven't seen the people with the signs that say "Will program (in Ruby) for food (or Ł25K)"??	[reply]
Re^3: Defending Perl by Mutant (Priest) on Nov 17, 2007 at 12:13 UTC
Well, I think there's certainly a money factor involved. There aren't many graduate Perl programmers around these days, there are plenty of Ruby ones (even if they didn't learn Ruby during their degree).	[reply]