in reply to Perl Jobs on offer

I the job's programming part is mostly shell scripting (and "Build Manager" does sound like it's that kind of job) then perl is quite a good choice. Just because you can do a lot more things better in perl than in bash doesn't mean perl isn't a good choice in this situation.

If you're into "serious programming", then it's probably not the job for you anyway.

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Re^2: Perl Jobs on offer
by CountZero (Bishop) on Nov 29, 2008 at 14:51 UTC
    I wasn't looking for a job, I just struck me as very odd that they mention "perl" in the same category as "shell scripts".

    CountZero

    A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James