Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!dedibox.gegeweb.org!gegeweb.eu!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!nerim.net!novso.com!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 0.008 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'languages,': 0.04; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'over,': 0.07; 'badly': 0.09; 'happen,': 0.09; 'subject:Why': 0.09; 'worse': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; "(i'm": 0.16; '5:00': 0.16; 'ah,': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'influence.': 0.16; 'other,': 0.16; 'rainer': 0.16; 'strong,': 0.16; 'subject:make': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'written': 0.21; 'mon,': 0.24; 'source': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; 'nature': 0.30; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'url:wiki': 0.31; 'evil': 0.31; 'forces': 0.31; 'hacker': 0.31; 'perl': 0.31; 'url:wikipedia': 0.31; 'writes:': 0.31; 'open': 0.33; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'received:209.85.220': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'url:org': 0.36; 'received:209': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'days': 0.60; 'even': 0.60; 'eventually': 0.60; 'till': 0.61; 'times': 0.62; 'subject:more': 0.64; 'side': 0.67; 'between': 0.67; 'night,': 0.68; 'subject:money': 0.84; '9:00': 0.91; 'fight': 0.97; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=oAx7J+ldn05nh5eOHsqQDlWTyEuRdosunfLA8iAEPOw=; b=kzeGcnzXrxCMuwDyblWDiEhC7fXde10pmzjMVC+dXO3T3/yIGHOYg8bPhoP69lXKQ4 taSWdKud2OxTSIZFS0Gu/EWd5j1GZH7Wwtt608lVIBWIzYb1Pl/vYTXiM7b6O6rugjyB MXBRaj9j+BC1RUx9s0xf9Dtbq4YXJRDZZjyuZqrT4rQT3Cwaj8Qig0Po9zOrjy+6oTR2 AlVpJkd7V8BxJh7U7Y+hel19FzOkQhn5/KPZlmcZ3UJgRDKzdruwiqpAGf4xSch9sRKI zRZNGSNR/QDLkc8PlPoKCfjMO89F8l6TX8msk/OzQq+1uOYrf8r+zHZb4tQIW56OBNwf l0qg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.58.50.7 with SMTP id y7mr6111884ven.24.1367792691544; Sun, 05 May 2013 15:24:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87a9o9b0cq.fsf@sapphire.mobileactivedefense.com> References: <5186aeb6$0$29997$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <87a9o9b0cq.fsf@sapphire.mobileactivedefense.com> Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 08:24:51 +1000 Subject: Re: Why do Perl programmers make more money than Python programmers From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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: 18 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1367792699 news.xs4all.nl 15951 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:52674 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:44785 On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 7:09 AM, Rainer Weikusat wrote: > jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) writes: >> 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 Ah, that would be me. Every night, I work on open source projects written in good languages; but four days a week from 9:00 till 5:00 my other nature takes over, and there is a struggle between the forces of Good and Evil. The Evil side is strong, but even there the Good side is not completely unheard; there are occasional times when I fight off the PHP influence. (I'm still confident that we will eventually move off PHP altogether. My boss reckons it'll never happen, but I can be patient...) ChrisA