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Your career isn't a good enough reason (Score:2)
I've been talking to a lot of people about this recently, and I usually ask the question "Why do you care if Perl survives?". Most people say the same thing that you say at the end of your post: "Our careers depend on it."
I think that's a pretty poor reason to do anything, and certainly the worst of all the reasons to promote a programming language. If we're in a situation where we are merely trying to save jobs and keep Perlers employed, we're not doing the right thing.
Re:Your career isn't a good enough reason (Score:2)
Ouch! You're perfectly correct. I was trying to come up with a vaguely punchy ending and dropped the ball. Thanks for calling me on that.
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Why do you think it is not a good enough reason?
I thought that the sentence Your career depends on it perfectly fits my situation and probably that of many others so I was wondering why do you think it is not an acceptable reason to invest in the future of Perl?
I am quite sure if I could not make a living any more using Perl I could switch to something else. It will certainly take many years to gain some reputation and I might even need to take a salary cut because of that but I would find m
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Hi Folks
Because companies which hire me don't hire me to promote my career! Surely that's obvious.
They hire me because they have a code to be written, I'm available, and either they want Perl or (rarely) they let me choose Perl.
Again, for /them/, my career does not come in to it.
So, we need to promote Perl so more people automatically see Perl as the best language to provide a solution.
Cheers
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The reason why "your career isn't a good enough reason" can possibly be explained by again casting things in a slightly different light. Imagine if we saw this posting:
The obvious reply is that this is a very self-serving statement which ignores the reality that COBOL is an antiquated language that needs to die. Companies are turning to older COBOL programmers because young people don't want to le [itworld.com]