A network guy in my office said that five years ago everyone was writing their quickie network applications in Perl, but now they use Java instead.

At the same time, Lincoln Stein's book on Perl network programming is a work of pure genius. And I get the impression that if I learned the craft then I could do anything networky in Perl that others do in Java.

My questions: Are there any Perl guys out there who are getting paid to do network programming in Perl? Is Perl network programming likely to be widely used over the next few years? Will it significantly enhance one's marketability to know it?

Bring Goldberg back to professional rassling! Bring Merlyn back to the Camel series!

In reply to Perl Network Programming: A Dying Craft? by sierrathedog04

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