In comp.lang.python Rainer Weikusat <rweiku...@mssgmbh.com> wrote: > j...@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) writes: > > In comp.lang.python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> > > wrote: > >> On Sun, 05 May 2013 12:11:11 -0500, Ignoramus16992 wrote: > > > >> > According to CIO.com, Python programmers make only $83,000 per year, > >> > while Perl programmers make $93,000 per year. > >> > > >> > http://www.cio.com/slideshow/detail/97819?source=ifwartcio#slide10 > >> > http://www.cio.com/slideshow/detail/97819?source=ifwartcio#slide11 > >> > > >> > I would like to know, what explains the discrepancy. > > > >> Perl is much harder to use, so the average Perl programmer burns out > >> after a few years and takes up a less stressful career, like going > >> undercover in the Russian mob or the Taliban. So only the most dedicated, > >> brilliant and extreme programmers last long enough to become a Perl > >> expert, and consequently can demand higher pay, while any idiot can learn > >> to program Python, as I have. > > > >> Also, Perl programmers are an unprincipled, devious bunch, always looking > >> for an opportunity to blackmail their employers into paying them extra. > >> Python programmers are a decent, law-abiding people with a strong moral > >> code who would never stoop to the sort of things that Perl coders are > >> proud of doing. > > > > Now you got me badly worried, using both Perl and Python (and > > other, unspeakable languages, but not VB I promise!) Will I > > end up as a Python hacker for the mob or worse
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Case_of_Dr_Jekyll_and_Mr_Hyde > [SCNR] Well, that didn't have a happy ending:-( Should have listened to my parents when they told me again and again "Never use Perl, just say no!". Seems I'm doomed - what's the proper way to apply for a job with the mob? -- \ Jens Thoms Toerring ___ j...@toerring.de \__________________________ http://toerring.de -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
