Code Poet
% cat life.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
# life.pl
use Reality;
while ($alive && !$rich) {
$money = work();
$taxes = 30 + rand 20;
$money -= $taxes;
pay($taxes);
}
die "Empty handed.";
__END__
% perl -c life.pl
Warning: The value of $rich is always false.
I have been mangling web code since I first put my fat fingers to HTML back in 1995. My first few sites I designed on the side at my job at MicroAge La Crosse (a.k.a Solutions 2000). One of my favorite at the time was a Real Estate database for a local realtor. I taught myself some basic SQL in a few days. Wasn't long before I discovered Perl. I would continue to use that for the next 6 years or so.
At Vanguard Technology Group, I started playing with Macromedia Director. I did a few multimedia CD-ROMs. Unfortunatly, I think I started to late, and the market for CDs had disapeared. Back to Perl and HTML.
Since working at CodeWeavers, I primarily use PHP. I'll probably continue to use PHP until "the next big thing" comes along. Could it be Perl 6... who knows?