At 09:27 -0600 2002.03.13, Elaine -HFB- Ashton wrote:
>Well, having managed systems for programmers for 15 years now I can say
>that I have noticed a trend from programmers well based in C to kids with
>little or no college, no C and some of the worst programming habits anyone
>could imagine.
My two favorite quotes on the subject:
Designing pages in HTML is like having sex in a bathtub. If you don't know
anything about sex, it won't do you any good to know a lot about bathtubs.
-- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
comp.infosystems.www.providers
I find that one applies to many new programmers, who often use Perl because
it is easier to use than most other languages. And then the classic:
It's not that perl programmers are idiots, it's that the language
rewards idiotic behavior in a way that no other language or tool
has ever done.
--Erik Naggum
I agree with Elaine. Perl is not a bad language in any way. However, it
is easier to use Perl to do bad things. So no, don't blame the language,
blame the programmers (or the managers who had these people code int he
first place!), but recognize that Perl can more easily be used for evil,
and therefore is more often used for evil.
--
Chris Nandor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pudge.net/
Open Source Development Network [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://osdn.com/
