Perl a "hot skill" according to eWeek

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Re: Perl a "hot skill" according to eWeek by CountZero (Bishop) on Nov 15, 2010 at 17:16 UTC
Very nice. Pity they seem to think that Perl is "UNIX based" Manipulation of text files, among the many other uses of this versatile Unix-based programming language, keep Perl a hot skill for systems administrators, network coders and database access. 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	[reply]
Re^2: Perl a "hot skill" according to eWeek by Anonymous Monk on Nov 15, 2010 at 18:02 UTC
What's wrong with that statement? Perl clearly does have its roots in the Unix environment after all. They don't say it would be usable on Unix only - though some might misread it that way...	[reply]
Re^3: Perl a "hot skill" according to eWeek by CountZero (Bishop) on Nov 15, 2010 at 18:41 UTC
For sure, Perl is not "Unix based". It may have taken some inspiration from tools and paradigms which can be found (also) in Unix, but we are long past that. It just shows how relative all these lists are. 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	[reply]
Re^4: Perl a "hot skill" according to eWeek by RyuMaou (Deacon) on Nov 15, 2010 at 18:51 UTC
Re^4: Perl a "hot skill" according to eWeek by Anonymous Monk on Nov 16, 2010 at 10:39 UTC
Re^5: Perl a "hot skill" according to eWeek by CountZero (Bishop) on Nov 16, 2010 at 10:48 UTC
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Re: Perl a "hot skill" according to eWeek by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on Nov 15, 2010 at 17:50 UTC
RyuMaou, ....though I don't think they're listed in any particular order. From the article: The following alphabetical gallery lists the top 25 skills in technology with increased demand in pay for the third quarter. Cheers - L~R	[reply]
Re^2: Perl a "hot skill" according to eWeek by RyuMaou (Deacon) on Nov 15, 2010 at 18:48 UTC
Ah, yeah, I meant any particular order of value, like salary or "number of jobs requiring", but, point taken.	[reply]
Re^2: Perl a "hot skill" according to eWeek by jakeease (Friar) on Nov 18, 2010 at 21:49 UTC
From the article: The following alphabetical gallery lists the top 25 skills in technology with increased demand in pay for the third quarter. I guess they alphabetized "Oracle WebLogic" as "BEA". Nice to see Perl in the list for sure.	[reply]
Re: Perl a "hot skill" according to eWeek by zentara (Cardinal) on Nov 16, 2010 at 12:23 UTC
The ESP module is telling me, that with this kind of hype, Perl6 may surface soon. :-) Perfect timing. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Old Perl Programmer Haiku ................... flash japh	[reply]