Perl career progression

[Mike McCauley]

Hi all,

On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 05:33 pm, Peter G. Martin wrote:
> Nathan Bailey:
>
> On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 12:28:23 +1000, you wrote:
> > (It would be interesting to me to hear what substantial applications
> > have been written in perl in the Australian context -- can be vague,
> > but who has written something of more than 5,000 lines and what did it
> > do, at a very broad level?  e.g. billing system, etc.)

I wasnt following the context of this request, so I dont know if a response 
from a commercial software vendor is appropriate, but....

Radiator Radius Server is written here in Mel.

Currently stands at about 30,000 lines, mostly in optional plugin modules.
Its sold around the world.

Cheers.


>
> Well i was once +nearly+ up to that level with a system for document
> conversion and control and storage and reconversion etc.. and automatic
> configuration file documentation and printing etc.  But then,
> in the proper manner, I found module after module in CPAN that did most
> of that for me  -- and it came down by about 75% in line counts. And should
> have come down more... except that it worked.
>
> But then, Perl and CPAN'll  do that sort of thing to you  :-)
>
>
> --Peter M

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