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For old-timers: this is the programming language formerly known as Perl 6. It's funny to think of Perl as an old-time language, but its heyday was 20-30 years
by nostrademons 5y ago
For old-timers: this is the programming language formerly known as Perl 6.
It's funny to think of Perl as an old-time language, but its heyday was 20-30 years ago and history really seems to have passed it by. Weird to think that Perl is to kids these days as Snobol and Prolog were to me when I was first learning to program in elementary school.
- datavirtue 5y agoI'm leaning towards 30+.
- simon1ltd 5y agoIt’s getting there. From 1995-2000 (maybe -2002, -2003), it was absolutely relevant, even prevent in the industry. After that point, it felt like Java/PHP/Asp took the lead.
- nostrademons 5y agoIt also has a place in history as the original language of some very influential web products, notably Amazon.com, GMail, EBay, LiveJournal, and del.icio.us.
- lizmat 5y agoNot to forget Booking.com :-)