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Just to clarify: I meant a few years too late to be able to take off on a larger scale (larger scale == to be at least as popular as Perl5 used to be). Or in ye
by greyman 18y ago
Just to clarify: I meant a few years too late to be able to take off on a larger scale (larger scale == to be at least as popular as Perl5 used to be). Or in yet other words, the question remains if it will be as popular as Ruby or Python, which I think are its main competitors.
- SwellJoe 18y agoIf it were as popular as Perl5 still is, it would be more popular than Python or Ruby. One has to be careful about how much the hype surrounding a language effects your view of its actual popularity. But, you're right that a lot of new companies and projects are being started on Python and Ruby that would have used Perl five years ago. The two languages are also having more luck at stealing Java developers than Perl ever was.