Random Perl ... rant
Dave Cross
dave at dave.org.uk
Thu Apr 3 10:29:20 BST 2008
Quoting Aaron Trevena <aaron.trevena at gmail.com>:
> On 02/04/2008, Dave Cross <dave at dave.org.uk> wrote:
>> Peter Corlett wrote:
>> > > I love Perl, but after using Ruby I might not be using it for my own
>> projects anymore, it may become a £ only language, like Java...which is sad
>> (to me).
>> > >
>> >
>> > Please Sir, where is the £££ in Perl?
>> >
>> > What I mainly see are tinpot numeeja firms that have heard of LAMP and
>> want to pay tuppence a week for their staff.
>> >
>>
>> You wanna be about a mile or so east of your current position. Large
>> portions of the City run on Perl.
>
> Heck, you can get decent money doing perl without being in the city
I suspect that depends on your definition of "decent" :-)
[ cue references to gold-plated cats ]
Dave...
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