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• Evangelism? (Score:1)

  by DAxelrod (4649)

  I, too wondered about the absence of Larry Wall. He writes wonderfully, and his answers to those questions might provide some insight.
  
  That said, the author of the article says "Not everyone responded to my e-mail, not everyone agreed to answer the questions". Given that, do we actually know who was asked?
  
  Secondly, I may be reading what you wrote unfairly, but it sounds like the primary reason that you want to promote Perl is so that you have job security and don't have to learn other languages. While I cert
  • Re: (Score:1)

    by DAxelrod (4649)

    Rereading my comment, I'm concerned that I came off differently than I intended. I did not mean to call you selfish, as I've seen plenty of examples of your generosity. I appologize if I came off as insulting. That was not my intent.
    
    Rather, I meant only that there are reasons to promote Perl that benefit more people at the same time. I want people to use Perl because it helps them, and if it helps me too, well that's awesome.
    
    • Re:Evangelism? (Score:2)

      by Purdy (2383) <jasonNO@SPAMpurdy.info> on 2006.10.10 12:16 (#50932) Homepage Journal

      It's all good ... thanks for the thoughtful follow-up. :)

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