Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.003 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'cents': 0.07; 'php.': 0.07; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject:Why': 0.09; 'worse': 0.09; 'agree.': 0.16; 'inclined': 0.16; 'kitchen': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'roy': 0.16; 'subject:make': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'programming': 0.22; 'url:home': 0.24; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'tried': 0.27; "i'm": 0.30; '$100': 0.31; "d'aprano": 0.31; 'steven': 0.31; 'languages': 0.32; 'device': 0.34; "i'd": 0.34; 'there': 0.35; 'doing': 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'received:76': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'subject:more': 0.64; 'smith': 0.68; 'article': 0.77; 'illuminated': 0.84; 'subject:money': 0.84; '2013': 0.98 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Dennis Lee Bieber Subject: Re: Why do Perl programmers make more money than Python programmers Date: Sun, 05 May 2013 17:37:12 -0400 Organization: > Bestiaria Support Staff < References: <5186af75$0$29997$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-76-249-30-41.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 X-No-Archive: YES X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 23 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1367789840 news.xs4all.nl 15867 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:54364 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:44781 On Sun, 05 May 2013 17:07:41 -0400, Roy Smith declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: > In article <5186af75$0$29997$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com>, > Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > > Right now, I'd consider learning PHP for an extra $100 a month. Or > > peddling my arse down at the docks for twenty cents a time, which will be > > less embarrassing and much less painful. > > Having spent the better part of a year doing one of those activities, > I'm inclined to agree. > > There *are* programming languages worse than PHP. Have you ever tried > britescript? Is that a toothpaste, kitchen cleaner, or device for doing gold-leaf illuminated manuscripts? -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/