RE: Re: Perl certification (was: Advertising Perl)

[Selena Sol]

> Adam wrote:
> 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.

I don't think we need to take the analogy to the absurd.  But if we were to
create some form of non-profit certification beast, we would need to think
about the scope of it.  My belief is that we should start with very little
rules at all and grow as we learn what the needs of the community are.