Huh. Sounds like somebody made up their mind and then went looking for facts to support their decision. Good luck on changing minds here...
> "I took out Perl. After looking at www.perl.org and the language more, > the main item I didn't like is that it is not type safe, there are only > three variables types ( > http://perlpod.com/5.8.4/pod/perlintro.html#Perl%20variable%20types). > Yikes! Although ti has many of the characteristics we listed, it still > seems to be used for scripting than for more robust programming. At Akamai, we have a deployed network of somewhere around 16,000 servers scattered all over the globe. Every box has some important components written in perl. I think that we consider perl a fairly robust programming language. > I added Cold Fusion as a web language. It is also a widely used web > language and has the characteristics we listed. I would prefer it more > than PHP." Wow. That is, um, interesting. It makes me question if this person realizes how much they are shaping the current and future culture of this organization with this particular initiative. This brings to mind an essay by Paul Graham that I read a few months back: http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html Pay attention to the part about the quality of hackers that you attract in a Python vs. Java project. The key concept is that by choosing a language you choose a community. The importance of language is secondary to the quality of the folks cranking out the code. So, it seems that you want to hire smart folks. It follows that if the really smart folks prefer certain environments you might want to shape *your* environment to attract those smart folks, no? It think this is the more important argument to have instead of throwing around goofy statements like "ick. perl has only three variable types!" Toodles, --Larry _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
