Re: Perl certification (was: Advertising Perl)

[Elaine -HFB- Ashton]

Adam Turoff [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth:
*>> 
*>> Doesn't this indicate that we should be in the business of offering
*>> not-for-profit Perl certification (without offering training), both
*>> as a good in and of itself and also to establish a Good Example for
*>> others?
*>
*>Do you propose that we create a certification agency that would
*>disallow someone from programming in Perl?  What egregious lapse
*>would cause that to happen -- and what would/should we classify as
*>egregious?  None of the IT certifications I've seen have provisions
*>for that, save the limited lifespan of certification credentials.

Non-profit and not-for-profit are two different things.

I think he meant something along the lines of lpi.org which is an
independent, non-corporate certification body who also seems to have
softened up Usenix/SAGE to the point of Usenix likely considering
certification...an exam sure to include Perl.

e.