> That makes one wonder about who else is still using Perl? if any? Can’t remember the last time I’ve heard about it.
Perl, like many other languages, has its own bubble. I'm using Perl daily at work. I used Python for a while, but the Perl job market was just too nice to pass. I have a backlog of clients interested in Perl work longer than I can handle, and they don't mind my requirements because they have no one to replace me with.
Is that a sign of a dying language? Probably yes. But to be honest, if it's about to become the next COBOL then I'm looking at a lifetime of profitable work with little to no competition :)
BUT:
> Nothing personal with Perl. Just doing stats
Perhaps a little bit of research could help your point as well. The CGI example you mentioned is broken, but is also using a module (CGI.pm) that's been bad and wrong for so long that even Perl, with its eternal love for backwards compatibility has removed it from Perl Core. That's a sign of Perl's marketing problem, yes, but it's hardly a real indication of a language that's too old to care about fixing itself.
Perl, like many other languages, has its own bubble. I'm using Perl daily at work. I used Python for a while, but the Perl job market was just too nice to pass. I have a backlog of clients interested in Perl work longer than I can handle, and they don't mind my requirements because they have no one to replace me with.
Is that a sign of a dying language? Probably yes. But to be honest, if it's about to become the next COBOL then I'm looking at a lifetime of profitable work with little to no competition :)
BUT: > Nothing personal with Perl. Just doing stats
Perhaps a little bit of research could help your point as well. The CGI example you mentioned is broken, but is also using a module (CGI.pm) that's been bad and wrong for so long that even Perl, with its eternal love for backwards compatibility has removed it from Perl Core. That's a sign of Perl's marketing problem, yes, but it's hardly a real indication of a language that's too old to care about fixing itself.