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Perl 5, of course! It's an awesome language and both the language and the ecosystem is getting better and better all the time

throwaway7645 10y ago
What do you do in Perl?
- mfontani 10y ago
  The largest Perl project I work on is http://www.theregister.co.uk/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/ which is mainly Perl on the back-end :)
- IslaDeEncanta 10y ago
  I don't know about the original poster, but Perl is great for back end development, and there are wrappers for just about every GUI toolkit if you want to go that route.
- achileas 10y ago
  Not the OP, but in my company we use it for our ETL pipeline. I've grown to really enjoy it as a language.
  - throwaway7645 10y ago
    I've used it here and there and don't think its near as bad as people say. Perl6 is a good design, but if the implementation doesn't get sped up, I don't see it taking off.
- krylon 10y ago
  I have written a number of Perl scripts (both CGI and batch) to make up for shortcomings in our ERP system, and to hook up our ERP system to our PDM and financial accounting systems. Also, I have written a couple of reporting scripts to watch over our Active Directory (look for computers that do not exist any more but still have their AD accounts, stuff like that). Oh yeah, and a couple of Nagios plugins, too. For these tasks, there are not many languages that can match Perl in versatility and productivity. It's not the prettiest language, but it's extremely useful.
- stevekemp 10y ago
  I use it for command-line utilities, such as static-site-compiler, a blog-compiler, and similar. Beyond that I use it for microservices, implement REST-APIs, and also for powering whole sites. With the right framework/modules you can do almost anything. For example I re-implemented the API my home lights use to communicate, allowing me to use cron to turn off lights via the perl interface.
anthk 10y ago
Under OpenBSD you have pledge for perl, have it a look.
perlgeek 10y ago
Seconded. We have a Perl codebase going back about 20 years (Command-line interface to our CMDB, integration with lots of external systems like DNS, generates config for mail servers, DHCP server, routers, ...), and while there are some nasty spots, overall it's pleasant to work with.

throwaway7645 10y ago

What do you do in Perl?

mfontani 10y ago
The largest Perl project I work on is http://www.theregister.co.uk/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/ which is mainly Perl on the back-end :)
IslaDeEncanta 10y ago
I don't know about the original poster, but Perl is great for back end development, and there are wrappers for just about every GUI toolkit if you want to go that route.
achileas 10y ago
Not the OP, but in my company we use it for our ETL pipeline. I've grown to really enjoy it as a language.
- throwaway7645 10y ago
  I've used it here and there and don't think its near as bad as people say. Perl6 is a good design, but if the implementation doesn't get sped up, I don't see it taking off.
krylon 10y ago
I have written a number of Perl scripts (both CGI and batch) to make up for shortcomings in our ERP system, and to hook up our ERP system to our PDM and financial accounting systems. Also, I have written a couple of reporting scripts to watch over our Active Directory (look for computers that do not exist any more but still have their AD accounts, stuff like that). Oh yeah, and a couple of Nagios plugins, too. For these tasks, there are not many languages that can match Perl in versatility and productivity. It's not the prettiest language, but it's extremely useful.
stevekemp 10y ago
I use it for command-line utilities, such as static-site-compiler, a blog-compiler, and similar. Beyond that I use it for microservices, implement REST-APIs, and also for powering whole sites. With the right framework/modules you can do almost anything. For example I re-implemented the API my home lights use to communicate, allowing me to use cron to turn off lights via the perl interface.

anthk 10y ago

Under OpenBSD you have pledge for perl, have it a look.

perlgeek 10y ago

Seconded. We have a Perl codebase going back about 20 years (Command-line interface to our CMDB, integration with lots of external systems like DNS, generates config for mail servers, DHCP server, routers, ...), and while there are some nasty spots, overall it's pleasant to work with.