Re: Need some Help with Advocacy re: Java vs. Perl

[Jonathan Stowe]

On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, John Porter wrote:

> Jonathan Scott Duff wrote:
> > Speaking of DDJ, take a look at http://www.ddj.com/  Specifically the
> > box labeled "PROGRAMMER'S RESOURCES".  I see C/C++, Java, Python, and
> > even little Tcl there with "top" billing.  Where's Perl?   
> 
> It's exactly this attitude at Dobb's which has lead me to let
> my subscription lapse (after something like 15 years).
> Even so, I believe it's extremely important for us to get
> articles published in it.  Andhey can't print the ones that
> don't get submitted!
> 

Thats because everyone with the inclination to write about Perl is writing
books or articles for web sites and the rest are writing code, answering
questions on mailing lists, bulletin boards and newsgroups.  I seem to
recall saying that expertise was spread thin somewhere else ....

/J\
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