Re: The future of PERL and of DHTML

Also, don't forget that no matter which programming language you use, the
basic concepts and structures are very similar. So, let's say you become an
ASP whiz and then everyone switches to some other new technology. The skills
you gained on ASP will transfer over and make learning any new language
infinitely easier.

Dan :)

"To Life!"
-Tevya
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter-Paul Koch <gassinaumasis(at)hotmail.com>
To: <mtulloch(at)winnie.fit.edu>; <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 5:45 AM
Subject: Re: The future of PERL and of DHTML


> >In the long run, it doesn't matter whether you study ASP, PERL or
>Python.
> >They'll all be obsolete in three to five years, while the
> >superintelligent children will go on to create a new game we'll all
> >have to learn so as to be employable...
>
> I don't entirely agree. There will come new languages, sure, and new kids
> will learn those languages and be the new generation.
>
> But the old languages won't just disappear. Don't underestimate the sheer
> conservatism of the WWW, now that it's grown so large. Many sites have ASP
> or Perl support and most site owners won't change that just because
there's
> a new language available. Why should they, if their site works and making
a
> new one costs a lot of money?
>
> The more sites there are, the less inclined people will be to forget about
> all of the old stuff and move on to new things. It isn't really necessary
> for a simple database driven site and people like to stick to what they're
> familiar with.
>
> So I don't think that all the current languages will be obsolete in three
to
> five years and I do think that you can still earn money by programming
Perl
> or ASP.
>
> ppk
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