> I do not want to provide more fuel to this thread - but I do have one > final > observation. I have worked with many of the finest Perl programmers in > the > valley (based on anecdotal observation they are superior to most of > contributors to CPAN). Those that I would consider the best of the best > in > terms of the value they produce, the quality of code they produce, and the > level of contribution back to the community do not even know that it is > wrong > to say PERL instead of Perl instead of perl instead of p3r1. It is a > non-issue for them. There are plenty of programmers who are competent and > have a thorough understanding of the language - but the best ones "that I > have seen" (no threads about quotes please) and that I would hire (were I > in > a position to hire) tend to ignore the popular culture and popular > movements > and scratch their itches by producting fine software like all good open > source advocates (who are programmers) should. (I am in no way > insinuating > that those who follow the popular movements don't also produce fine > software)
Not that I consider myself one of the aforementioned, I can say that I've programmed Perl for over 7 years and this thread is the first time I've even heard it mentioned that there was a proper capitalization for the word Perl. It reminds me a bit about people who get all offended if you pronounce Linux differently than them. Linus doesn't care how you pronounce it, and he pronounces it with a thick accent, so it sounds like Leenus, so we're all wrong anyway :) Just my $0.02. I do agree with Paul in saying that were I in a position to hire, and someone was all stuck on how I capitalized Perl, I wouldn't hire them, no matter how good they were. You just can't work with that kind of personality very well. Greg /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
