I met a few people last month who still use it for larger projects. My reaction was along the lines of, "Really? No, wait, really? REALLY? Nuh-uh." Unsurpr

I met a few people last month who still use it for larger projects. My reaction was along the lines of, "Really? No, wait, really? REALLY? Nuh-uh." Unsurprisingly, I suppose, I was told that, since I gave it up as a too much trouble, conventions and patterns have emerged that, when followed, make Perl more scalable (in the sense of being usable in the context of large programs) and maintainable.