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SLASHDOT：这个出现在Slashdot上的问题竟然一下子引来了超过1000篇的讨论，这足以说明在程序员世界中的“种族”歧视已经到了不容忽视的地步。
在很多公司中，技术的主管人员往往总是认为C++,Java这样的高级语言比Perl, Shell程序之类的脚本来得优秀。而他们在面对某项任务时，也情愿用C或者Java消耗好几个星期来完成，而非常可能一个Perl程序只需要两个小时就能够达到相同的效果。在技术界使用脚本语言的程序员往往都处于受歧视的地位，他们似乎总是比那些高级程序员低人一等。
其实语言本事只是一个工具，目的是要完成任务。至于是使用PHP还是Java或者C++还是VBScript都可以因势利导。可是Geek就是Geek，对于一个语言的热爱足以让他在项目决定时失去客观性。自己喜欢的语言永远是最好的，可能是庞大无比的Java或是强大无比的C。所以项目管理人员需要能够了解更多的技术，虽然他不至于成为一个什么都会写的传奇人物。
有一个“卑微”的Unix网管被公司派去编写一个专署嵌入式操作系统上运行的程序，由于没有开发编译环境，他只能完全借助Unix Shell来编写。可是到现在这个程序已经出现在很多人每天使用的设备中，一个完整的交互式程序，最近的一个Bug是在1999年发现的。看来你永远不知道你正在使用的电器后面的电脑芯片上运行的是汇编还是Basic。

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Do Scripters Suffer Discrimination?
Posted by timothy on Monday February 24, @03:00PM
from the oh-the-humaninity dept.
TheTheologian writes "In his InfoWorld column, Chad Dickerson says 'there is a level of quiet discomfort between the "scripting" versus "programming" factions in some corporate development environments in which I have participated. In some instances, executive-level technology management has held scripting languages in disdain as not being "real" languages for day-to-day problem solving, which has discouraged highly talented scripters on staff from practicing their craft. In such an environment, scripters are relegated to the lower ranks ... ' He goes on to say that some companies will assign Java and C++ programmers tasks that take them weeks but could be done by Perl or Python programmers in a few hours. Is it true that some companies are so overcome with code bias they'd assign weeks of unnecessary work rather than give it to the scripting untouchables?"