perl and c

[Guest_imported]

Hey,


It seems that many employers are asking for perl and not that much "C" in a unix administrator position. Has the language shifted from "C" to perl as the language of choice. Perl is very powerful and can do many things and wonder if this has taken over "C".

 

[bjverzal]

Development will always be in C or some variant (IMHO). Perl is a great utility, but because it is interpreted, it lacks the speed of C. Know them both, as you can always stand to use both.

Sort of like manual and automatic transmission - it never hurts to know both.

Bill.

 

[MikeLacey]

It seems likely that administrators will not need to know much C in the future, but Perl will continue to be useful. Mike
michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com
Email welcome if you're in a hurry or something -- but post in tek-tips as well please, and I will post my reply here as well.

 

[pcunix]

I think Mike drove the nail home on that one, as I haven't even had to *read* any C in many a year now, never mind write any.

However- the advent of open source may change that picture again. While it's true that I have not yet *had* to look at any Linux source code, I can certainly see where that day could come.

Having at least a read-only familiarity with C is not a bad skill to have. Tony Lawrence
SCO Unix/Linux Resources

http://pcunix.com

tony@pcunix.com