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ease of writing shitty code, mountains of shitty sample code, and a community which did not vehemently encourage the writing of unshitty code. This caused a bac
by bobbyi 16y ago
ease of writing shitty code, mountains of shitty sample code, and a community which did not vehemently encourage the writing of unshitty code.
This caused a backlash which lasted several years, during which the programming public panned the languages almost universally.
That's not how I remember it. Perl usage started to really fall off when PHP became popular and replaced modperl/ cgi scripts as the common way of throwing together a dynamic webpage. PHP is a language famous for letting people write shitty code and having a "community" that doesn't discourage it.
- gamache 16y agoPerl usage on the web began to fall off due in part to PHP, but you're neglecting the huge amount of Perl used in text processing, system administration, automation, even the sciences. PHP is (very mildly) comparable to Perl's Mason template engine, if Mason were the only way to use Perl.
- bobbyi 16y agoyou're neglecting the huge amount of Perl used in text processing, system administration, automation, even the sciences Are you saying that perl usage had started to fall off in these areas before it lost its crown as the lingua franca of the web? Possible, but again that is not how I remember it rolling out.