DCPM: Perl Mongers

[Matthew Browning]

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On Tuesday 14 October 2003 03:46, Simon Waters wrote:
> Oh, I also know far too many people at the UK Met. Office, although
> when I worked there they were more likely to rewrite everything in
> Fortran 77 (despite the standard actually falling into some sad state
> of disrepair), rather than brave something new and strange like Perl.
> Fortunately things have changed somewhat since I joined, and I
> suspect people no longer eye you suspiciously if you code in
> something not invented by IBM.
>

True story:
I went out on a social last year with a bunch of staff including Mrs 
B's current line manager.  There were non-tech people as well as aging 
Fortranners.  To the question `what is Perl?' he replied, with a smile, 
`Its what you almost always need'.


> I plead Perl still feels like line noise to me on occaison, but I am
> developing a pressing requirement to be able to write Perl for
> websites as part of my new job...
>

Depending on what you are doing, there is something of a buzz going on 
right now about CGI::Application.  I gave it a go for the project I'm 
doing right now and I'm impressed.  The code itself is really simple 
but it generalises the `screens' of your CGI app into methods, making 
everything seem nice and tidy. 


> Thursday or Friday is good for me...
>

I'm fine with that also.  Despite wanting the location to be as close 
as possible to my own front door I reckon there is logic on making 
Exeter the general rule.  There are some okay pubs and it is accessible 
whatever your form of transport.

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