Opinions needed. JAVA or Perl?

From: Ed Bittel <ebittel_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 14:26:31 -0700
Message-Id: <10530.109589@fatcity.com>

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The main reason I became a DBA is that I like to learn new things and = enjoy the challenge of keeping up with technology. Like you, I am = always striving to deepen my pool of Oracle knowledge. I also like to = maintain a broad and relatively shallow pool of other knowledge to try = to keep an edge in the job market and avoid getting burned out. =20

Since free time is a limited commodity, I'm trying to decide whether I = should concentrate on learning Perl or JAVA in my spare time. I realize = one's personal choice may depend largely on the needs of the shop you = work in and the type of DBA you are (i.e., application or production). = In my case, neither is currently used at my shop, so my main goal is to = improve my marketability as a DBA by developing complementary skills. =

I know enough about Perl and JAVA to realize they aren't substitutes for = each other. Being a practical person, I'm leaning toward Perl as it = seems the more useful, but I keep seeing DBA positions listing JAVA as a = desired skill. Other than administering the JAVA environment in the new = version of Oracle, I don't understand why. I can't imagine many shops = are abandoning PL/SQL stored procedures and packages for JAVA.

I'm hoping to gather some opinions from the list regarding which would = be a better complement to a DBA: JAVA or Perl. If you had to choose one = to learn, which would it be? Why? =20

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