Elaine -HFB- Ashton wrote:
>
> However, every other profession seems to have some way of judging the
> competence and skills of its ranks. It would seem to be something Perl
> should revisit.
Well, there are plenty of models we could look at even within our
own profession, and that would probably make more sense. How is
programmer perl like teaching third-graders? (O.k., could be funny.
but I mean it seriously, if rhetorically.)
Some languages, like COBOL, VB, and Java, have certifications.
Others, like C and C++, don't. Oh, I'm sure there are companies out
there happily certifying people in C++, but on the street, certs
are not the currency for these languages, they way they are for
those other languages. For example, in marketing myself as a C/C++
programmer, I have never been asked, neither by a recruiter nor by
a direct employer, if I have certs in C/C++.
This, I believe, works well, and is a credit to the C/C++ community.
It would be a credit to our community as well.
--
John Porter
Since time is short, and you may lie, I'm going to have to torture you.
