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Re:Why Perl 6 is different by berntb on Wednesday April 21, 2010 @04:42AM (#1281670)
My point was that if you check job boards etc, there seems to be lots of Perl jobs/people around. The closest hub to me is probably London.

But if popularity is a factor, then go PHP...

Re:Why Perl 6 is different by rjurney on Wednesday April 21, 2010 @01:21PM (#1282730)
Right, and my point was I don't want a Perl job. I've had Perl jobs, from jobs.perl.org. I don't want a PHP job, nobody would work with me in that language either. Most people use Ruby/Python in my circles these days.

I find language specific jobs incredibly lame. Language is a small factor in what I do. I just want to be able to say, "I'm gonna do it in Perl." and not have everyone groan and not want to work with me on it.

Re:Why Perl 6 is different by berntb on Thursday April 22, 2010 @08:49AM (#1284892)
You could have written that "in my circles" part from the beginning. :-)
Re:Why Perl 6 is different by rjurney on Friday April 23, 2010 @03:58AM (#1287564)
If you don't define your circle as 'workplaces from jobs.perl.org' then you have trouble using Perl ;)
Re:Why Perl 6 is different by berntb on Friday April 23, 2010 @12:42PM (#1288583)
Well, I do -- at least for a subset of those geographic areas.

Something similar goes for most any language, except (probably) Java and PHP. Unless you already live in e.g. London or some other hub for a given environment.