I finally got around to learning Python a few months ago. Needed it for work.
Not sure what the big deal about is. It feels like a cleaned up and stripped down version of perl. Python is Perl's uptight, obsessive compulsive younger brother. Perl is The Dude. Python is Walter with his gun. https://memegenerator.net/instance/81506831/big-lebow-with-gun-tcl-perl-python Greg On Wed, March 14, 2018 8:10 pm, Andy Oram wrote: > Check out the StackOverflow annual survey, regarding Perl and lots of > other things: > > > https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018/ > > > If you go halfway down to the question "What Languages Are Associated > with the Highest Salaries Worldwide?" you'll see that Perl ranks > high--higher globally than in the US, but impressively high in both > listings. Despite also being listed earlier as a highly "dreaded" language > (a category that > doesn't mean much because we don't know what experiece or prejudice the > respondents were basing responses on). > > Also, in the "Salary and Experience by Language" section near the bottom, > you'll learn that compensation for Perl improves with experience--a nice > thing for some of our hoarier members to hear. > > I was surprised how few people are using languages that are supposedly > hot, such as Go. O'Reilly book sales make these languages seem more > popular. > > The survey contains lots of other interesting insights, including ethical > stances and personal attributes such as gender identity or mental > illness. The respondents were skewed toward white cis-males. Some of the > responses were broken down by geography, but I wish more of them were. > > Andy Oram | Editor > O'Reilly Media, Inc. | 617-499-7479 | oreilly.com > > > [image: oreilly_email_logo.png] <http://oreilly.com/> > > > _______________________________________________ > Boston-pm mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm > > -- _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
