Hi,

Thanks for the answers guys. But if I may ask, what about the job prospects? Is Perl viewed as not such a positive skill anymore? Pardon the bluntness but I'm a Tech Consultant of 40+ trying to add a scripting language to my skillset and I can really only learn 1 scripting language as of now, what with rest of my time divided between family, job and other technologies to study. From what the internet seems to tellnme, Perl is not that in demand, but that could be a good reason to focus on it, cause may be there's lot more python or ruby folks there than Perl. Sorry if I've ruffled some feathers, but just wanted to know.

Also, any book you could suggest? Or something on Udemy?

In reply to Re: How is Perl for automation? by fidodido
in thread How is Perl for automation? by fidodido

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