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Why oh why does he write so much FUD in the post? Is all this Perl’s situation is not terribly happy and ...Perl’s somewhat beleaguered status really called fo
by draegtun 16y ago
Why oh why does he write so much FUD in the post? Is all this Perl’s situation is not terribly happy and ...Perl’s somewhat beleaguered status really called for? Is he even correct?
Well here's a fascinating stat from OSCON 2010. The language with most (presentation) tracks was... wait for it... Perl!
* Perl - 17 tracks
* Python - 16 tracks
* Java - 13 tracks
* Javascript & Ruby 7 tracks each
Interesting eh? :)
- jbellis 16y agoThe history is relevant there, though: OSCON started as a perl conference and expanded to other areas later. (FYI, a "track" is a group of related talks, not a single presentation.)
- draegtun 16y agoYes OSCON grew out of the Perl conference. The Perl conference still happens each year (see YAPC, last one being only a few weeks ago). re: track - OK to clarify within the Perl track there were 17 presentations. See http://www.oscon.com/oscon2010/public/schedule/topic/Perl http://www.oscon.com/oscon2010/public/schedule/topic/Perl)