Re: [MacPerl] The Perl Usage Survey Continues...

[PwrSurge <tjudd@pacifier.com>]

At 4:36 PM -0800 12/2/98, Rich Morin wrote:
>At 17.39 -0500 1998.12.02, Greenblatt & Seay wrote:
>>25% of the respondents use MacPerl.
>>That's much more impressive than 5th place.
>
>Actually, it is.  I suspect, however, that this is more a tribute to
>blatant MacPerl boosterism (guilty, your honor :-) than a real reflection
>of the community.  OTOH, Chris and Matthias got their paper dropped from
>PC2.0 because nobody on the review committee thought anyone used MacPerl!
>So, a little boosterism may be in order...

Ever think that the Linux, Win9*/NT, and the rest of the people don't booster?

Sorry, it's hard to imagine only the Macintosh platform will booster their
own platform.

>There are lots of folks out there that are trying to write off the Mac
>and anything associated with it.  Call me a fanatic, but I just replaced
>my 7100 with a G3; the only PC in our house runs FreeBSD!
>
>I want the MacPerl folks to help popularize Macs, Perl, _and_ MacPerl.
>By participating in the Survey, we may throw the accuracy of the numbers
>off a bit, but I submit that this is not entirely a bad thing...
>
>Now, if I wanted to get _really_ crass, I'd suggest that folks buy MPPE
>as presents for friends and relatives (but I'd never do that!  :-)
>
>-r
>
>
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