[Omaha.pm] Perl, Python, Ruby or PHP ...

[Jesse Andersen]

I took your class in spring 2006 and shortly after that was hired on to my
first programming job.  We do a ton of scripting where I work, and your
class definitely gave me a huge advantage.  We do all our scripting in
either korn shell, perl, or tcl, I of course chose perl whenever I can :)  I
can honestly say that the perl I learned in your class was one of the most
useful things I've ever learned at UNO.  I don't think Python would have
been nearly as useful for me. From my limited experience, it seems like most
of the big companies use perl for most of their scripting needs.  Perl is
the most practical (and the best) choice, in my opinion.

On 2/24/07, Robert Fulkerson <robert.fulkerson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Greetings All!
>
>      UNO would like to create a two-course sequence of web-related
> programming.  We currently have my course, which is taught in Perl and
> another course that covers similar content but doesn't require any previous
> programming experience that is taught in Python.  Essentially, we're going
> use the current Python course as the intro course and then my course as the
> advanced course.  We're going to standardize on one language, however, and
> Perl, Ruby and Python (and heck, even PHP) are all candidates.  The two
> languages at the top of the heap are Perl and Python, since work has already
> been done in both languages, thus reducing the amount of work to create the
> two-course sequence.  I, of course, want the language to be Perl and have my
> own set of reasons, but I thought I'd cast a wide net out to everyone for
> ideas that I can bring to the table on Tuesday.
>
>      So, fire away.  Why should we continue to teach Perl instead of
> Python at UNO?  Other than the fact that it's the coolest language ever?  :)
>
>      Thanks!
>      -- b
>
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