Madeline Schnapp [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth:
*>
*>We are tracking several indicators and some of these indicators seem to
*>suggest that the popularity of Perl is not growing as fast as it has been
*>in the past. My theory is that Java is becoming much more ubiquitous, and
*>this is occurring at the expense of Perl (and also perhaps all of the other
*>OS languages but I can't say that for a sure.....yet).
Java and commercial Java applications, especially for the web are a big
deal in corporate web shops. Take a close look at the types of jobs and
the job titles...few jobs are for Perl only, but people can get a
high-paying gig just doing Java as a 'Programming Engineer' or somesuch.
As deepthroat says, "Follow the money."
The books are only a small symptom of a far larger trend.
*>The problem is I know a lot of good Java programmers, and I know a lot of
*>good Perl programmers but I don't know a lot of both so finding someone
*>that can speak intelligently about both languages is an exercise in finding
*>a needle in a haystack.
You might ask Jarkko as I hear he is having to succumb to Java programming
at work these days :)
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