if we are already talking advocacy, I'd appreciate your help here.
I am trying to put together a one day long training for Java/C*/etc...
programmers to learn Perl as a second language.
I don't want to convert them to use Perl instead of their primary
language.
This is a decision that need to be made on a higher level in the corporate
ladder. It might not even be a good idea.
What I would like to teach them is to start using Perl as a helper tool
to automate some of their tasks. For this I need some cool examples
of how Perl can be used to help them.
The problem, that besides the standard system related stuff
(eg. log parsing) I don't know what else these people might need.
So I would really like to hear what does a Java/C*/etc..programmer with
several
years of experience need to do to improve his working conditions that he
would
be better off doing with Perl after just 1 day of training...
I already asked more or less the same question on Perlmonks
http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=641982
but the responses were lacking extensive examples I can build on.
Your input is appreciated.
Gabor
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Gabor Szabo
http://www.szabgab.com/
Perl Training in Israel http://www.pti.co.il/
