Why do Perl programmers make more money than Python programmers

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Steven D'Aprano於 2013年5月6日星期一UTC+8上午3時10分47秒寫道：
> On Sun, 05 May 2013 12:11:11 -0500, Ignoramus16992 wrote:
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> > According to CIO.com, Python programmers make only $83,000 per year,
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> > while Perl programmers make $93,000 per year.
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> > http://www.cio.com/slideshow/detail/97819?source=ifwartcio#slide10
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> > http://www.cio.com/slideshow/detail/97819?source=ifwartcio#slide11
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> > I would like to know, what explains the discrepancy.
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> Perl is much harder to use, so the average Perl programmer burns out 
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> after a few years and takes up a less stressful career, like going 
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> undercover in the Russian mob or the Taliban. So only the most dedicated, 
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> brilliant and extreme programmers last long enough to become a Perl 
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> expert, and consequently can demand higher pay, while any idiot can learn 
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> to program Python, as I have.
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> Also, Perl programmers are an unprincipled, devious bunch, always looking 
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> for an opportunity to blackmail their employers into paying them extra. 
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> Python programmers are a decent, law-abiding people with a strong moral 
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> code who would never stoop to the sort of things that Perl coders are 
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> proud of doing.
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> -- 
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> Steven


Some bosses just like the 1 to 5 liners  of the Perl style 
in some cryptic forms from villain Perl programmers.

I did see the same tricks in the Lisp or C/C++ before
but with extremely long fat source codes in tens of 
thousands of lines that could also pleased some managers 
or bosses.