Re: [MacPerl] Perl Usage Survey -[veering OT]

[Arved Sandstrom <Arved_37@chebucto.ns.ca>]

Jay makes some good points. I agree (which doesn't make me correct) that
these rankings will not reflect user satisfaction. In point of fact, I
suspect most Perl users just want to use *Perl*, irrespective of what
platform it's on, and IMO the MacPerl user interface is by far the most
user-friendly. UNIX is second-best in this regard, and even then you have
to be quite comfortable with emacs (or the like) in order to develop with
some ease.

I don't take even vicarious pleasure in the fact that the UI for the
Wintel version of Perl is so crappy - I have to work on this platform and
developing Perl scripts on Win9* is agony. It's also in my own interests
that Perl be as popular as possible on all platforms - it's currently my
_power_ language, and my resume would be greatly improved if Perl on
Windows was decent and hence more visible. In my geographical area the
visibility of Perl is abysmal. I'm frequently left to wonder why if I
could cite lots of experience with two of the most execrable pieces of
junk on the planet - VisualBasic and Visual C++ - I'd be rolling in job
offers, but expertise with probably the most useful language currently
around doesn't count for more than a blank look. :-)

Sorry for the rant - it gets a bit much to take every once in a while. :-)




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