That is true. I was the Google Appliances admin for USDA for a while, and with Guido working at Google, they were actively moving away from Perl. They still hire Perl developers who are interested in switching to Python.
<br><br>I had root temporarily on the Appliances for a brief time and found a few scripts in Perl, but most were Python. Interestingly, the internal database was a custom version of MySQL. Lots of Java on the Search Engine end, as well as the web interfaces, but there was some Python and Perl scripts that do cleanup, analysis, reporting, resets, etc.
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<br>than "Re: Contents of kc digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: move to california, work for Google (djgoku)<br> 2. Re: move to california, work for Google (Doug Sparling)<br> 3. Re: move to california, work for Google (John Reinke)
<br> 4. Re: move to california, work for Google (Doug Sparling)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:51:13 -0500<br>From: djgoku <
<a href="mailto:djgoku@gmail.com">djgoku@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Kc] move to california, work for Google<br>To: kcpm <<a href="mailto:kc@pm.org">kc@pm.org</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:99dd19c90709121251h61a63eedg583881567890d3af@mail.gmail.com">
99dd19c90709121251h61a63eedg583881567890d3af@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br><br>On 9/12/07, Garrett Goebel <<a href="mailto:ggoebel@goebel.ws">ggoebel@goebel.ws</a>> wrote:
<br>> I went through their interview process a while back. I wasn't what<br>> they were looking for :(<br>><br>> I got the impression that they aren't really all that interested in<br>> Perl.<br><br>
That a shame. I wonder why it is even on the list.<br><br>On another note it seems this same thing happens in ACM programming<br>contest where you are only able to use C/C++ or Java. Though in<br>regional competitions it states you can use additional languages.
<br><br>Jonathan<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:08:18 -0700<br>From: Doug Sparling <<a href="mailto:sparling@uclick.com">sparling@uclick.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Kc] move to california, work for Google
<br>To: <a href="mailto:kc@pm.org">kc@pm.org</a><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:20070912130818.kgo48w0w88w8s8cs@www.webmail4.com">20070912130818.kgo48w0w88w8s8cs@www.webmail4.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
<br><br>Quoting djgoku <<a href="mailto:djgoku@gmail.com">djgoku@gmail.com</a>>:<br><br>> On 9/12/07, Garrett Goebel <<a href="mailto:ggoebel@goebel.ws">ggoebel@goebel.ws</a>> wrote:<br>> > I went through their interview process a while back. I wasn't what
<br>> > they were looking for :(<br>> ><br>> > I got the impression that they aren't really all that interested in<br>> > Perl.<br>><br>> That a shame. I wonder why it is even on the list.
<br><br>Not sure either. According to Steve Yegge's blog (he works for Google and did<br>the "Rhino on Rails" project earlier this year), Google only has four<br>sanctioned languages: C++, Java, Python, and JavaScript.
<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 3<br>Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:32:20 -0500<br>From: "John Reinke" <<a href="mailto:jmreinke@gmail.com">jmreinke@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Kc] move to california, work for Google
<br>To: <a href="mailto:kc@pm.org">kc@pm.org</a><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:7236b0a60709121432m14716015obb5be856e3225f8c@mail.gmail.com">7236b0a60709121432m14716015obb5be856e3225f8c@mail.gmail.com</a>>
<br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>FWIW, I believe Guido van Rossum now works for Google, which further cements<br>the Python connection.<br><br>On 9/12/07, Doug Sparling <<a href="mailto:sparling@uclick.com">
sparling@uclick.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> Quoting djgoku <<a href="mailto:djgoku@gmail.com">djgoku@gmail.com</a>>:<br>><br>> > On 9/12/07, Garrett Goebel <<a href="mailto:ggoebel@goebel.ws">ggoebel@goebel.ws
</a>> wrote:<br>> > > I went through their interview process a while back. I wasn't what<br>> > > they were looking for :(<br>> > ><br>> > > I got the impression that they aren't really all that interested in
<br>> > > Perl.<br>> ><br>> > That a shame. I wonder why it is even on the list.<br>><br>> Not sure either. According to Steve Yegge's blog (he works for Google and<br>> did<br>> the "Rhino on Rails" project earlier this year), Google only has four
<br>> sanctioned languages: C++, Java, Python, and JavaScript.<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> kc mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:kc@pm.org">kc@pm.org</a><br>> <a href="http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/kc">
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</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"<br><br>YouTube runs on Python as well, I believe...<br><br>Quoting John Reinke <<a href="mailto:jmreinke@gmail.com">jmreinke@gmail.com</a>>:<br><br>
> FWIW, I believe Guido van Rossum now works for Google, which further cements<br>> the Python connection.<br>><br>> On 9/12/07, Doug Sparling <<a href="mailto:sparling@uclick.com">sparling@uclick.com</a>> wrote:
<br>> ><br>> > Quoting djgoku <<a href="mailto:djgoku@gmail.com">djgoku@gmail.com</a>>:<br>> ><br>> > > On 9/12/07, Garrett Goebel <<a href="mailto:ggoebel@goebel.ws">ggoebel@goebel.ws</a>
> wrote:<br>> > > > I went through their interview process a while back. I wasn't what<br>> > > > they were looking for :(<br>> > > ><br>> > > > I got the impression that they aren't really all that interested in
<br>> > > > Perl.<br>> > ><br>> > > That a shame. I wonder why it is even on the list.<br>> ><br>> > Not sure either. According to Steve Yegge's blog (he works for Google and
<br>> > did<br>> > the "Rhino on Rails" project earlier this year), Google only has four<br>> > sanctioned languages: C++, Java, Python, and JavaScript.<br>> > _______________________________________________
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