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[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Hammond <ehammond at thinksome.com> writes:

Eric> I am pretty sure I can take credit for being the first Perl advocate at
Eric> the first Idealab company.  I was one of the first technology folks
Eric> hired at Citysearch and was writing and pushing Perl there in July 1996.

I'm not entirely sure of the history, but I think Idealabs was also the
breeding grounds of goto.com, which became Overture and eventually Yahoo
Search Marketing.  And there's still quite a bit of Perl in those parts.  I
can't exactly say how I know. :)

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