> That makes one wonder about who else is still using Perl? if any? Can’t remember the last time I’ve heard about it. I don't even get statements like this. An

> That makes one wonder about who else is still using Perl? if any? Can’t remember the last time I’ve heard about it. I don't even get statements like this. And what does 'heard about it mean' anyway. Interesting I just pulled up another quick and dirty test compliments of HN Search (Algolia): Last Year Story Titles: Perl: 301 Python: 3,360 Java: 3,931 Ruby: 687 Ruby on Rails: 105 HTML: 214,423 Bitcoin: 1,398 Blockchain: 1,622 Adding Bitcoin and Blockchain I was just curious. But imagine if I wanted to prove popularity by using 'last year in Hacker News' in titles. It would appear that Python was 'more popular' than Bitcoin or Blockchain. No question it's less popular than it was years ago for numerous reasons. Not sure the methodology used (google trends) tells the complete picture.