[JaxPM] RE: Perl: it's not just for breakfast

[Kevin Meltzer]

On the jacksonville-pm-list; Jax.PM'er "Kevin Meltzer" <perlguy at perlguy.com> wrote -

There are some success stories online at
http://perl.oreilly.com/news/success_stories.html. You may also
want to check the archives (are there archives??) of the Advocacy
list.

Cheers,
Kevin


> I've been given the opportunity to put on my Advocacy hat and write a
> short article about how useful Perl is for things other than web-related
> programs (CGI, mod_perl, etc.) and automating system administration tasks.
> I doubt it'll actually *convince* any of the PHBs around here, but
> if they keep seeing the word 'Perl' enough we might be able to make them
> believe it's a buzzword.  My trouble is, other than some data conversions,
> I've never really used Perl for anything else.  So, I'm asking for
> examples of Perl success stories that don't involve web or sysadmin stuff.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> j
>
> P.S.  I've cross-posted this to use.Perl.org and kuro5hin.org (though it
> may not make it to either's home page).  Apologies to those of you who
> read those sites regularly for appearing to flood things.  I'm just
> looking for diversity in responses.  :)
>
>
>


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