... now work in an almost totally Win2k/2k3 environment. In this setting, Perl isn't even considered a real programming language. It's referred to as "scripting" as opposed to "programming", and while the developers "program" in ASP.NET, I only "script" in Perl.
Interesting. But as Tom wrote, this sounds like it's a symptom of some broader political problem, hopefully, few of us have to face.
Perl as a scripting language: I've written Perl scripts and I've written full-blown, object-oriented Perl apps. The difference is merely one of scale, not of type. If you develop an involved enough script, it's real programming (so-called), no matter what language you do it in. I've written quick-and-dirty Perl programs that grew up to be whole systems. One of the advantages of Perl--and I know some other languages can also do this--is that it can usually scale with such projects.
-TimK -- J. Timothy King ..team-oriented..object-oriented..Agile.. www.jtse.com ..C++..Perl..Java..assembly..embedded.systems..
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