[Boston.pm] Plat_Forms: Perl is now included

FYI...

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Subject: Plat_Forms: Perl is now included
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:27:14 +0200
From: Lutz Prechelt <prechelt-cPcqOTmdTlv31zTM6d8ziw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Dear Folks,

thank you all for patiently (or, in some cases,
not-so-patiently) educating me about the state of Perl
as a web development language.

As a result, my misjudgment is now corrected,
Perl teams will be admitted into Plat_Forms,
and the website has been updated accordingly:
http://www.plat-forms.org/
http://www.plat-forms.org/faq.htm

I would like to emphasize that I am not at all biased
against Perl. I am a Perl programmer myself since
about 1992 (that was still Perl 4).
I had just completely missed to learn about most Perl
developments in the web sector.

Now the only question is: Will enough Perl teams actually
apply for the contest?

I'd be very happy if you would follow-up the prodding for protest
that some have sent over various Perl mailing lists with
prodding for participation now...

Thanks for your help, see you all in Nürnberg,

   Lutz Prechelt

P.S.: Two of you suggested to allow for remote submissions.
I see that and why it would be great if we could do this,
but we can't. See the explanation in faq.htm.