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Good luck with that. In 1999 every programmer I knew used Perl. Now I don't know anybody that hasn't moved on to Ruby or Python.

• minikomi 15y ago
  Oddly enough, despite Ruby's origins, Perl is still very widely used in Japan.
  • cageface 15y ago
    Strange. In what kinds of applications?
    • unauth 15y ago
      web development mostly. Big Japanese companies use perl for their backend and you can find many blog entries about perl in Japanese.
      • minikomi 15y ago
        And many seem to have rolled their own frameworks long ago - and are reluctant to move on when things are working.
    • alexjgough 15y ago
      On computers, mostly.