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Unfortunately most of that doesn't really matter for any non-trivial project, because you'll almost unavoidably need a module for something. A lot of the time y
by dale_glass 4y ago
Unfortunately most of that doesn't really matter for any non-trivial project, because you'll almost unavoidably need a module for something. A lot of the time you'll find out that it's bit rotted 5 years ago, and the bug tracker has a 7 year old issue nobody seems to have read.
It's even worse for anything that interacts with libraries or APIs -- those change over time, and often nobody does the work to repair compatibility.
So I think at this point it's fair to say it's dead. Even if the core language is technically functional, the ecosystem is rotting.
- jart 4y agoPerl doesn't need an ecosystem any more than the Almquist shell does. It's just a nice tool that's omnipresent on UNIX systems. It's definitely going to be useful for shell scripters for a very long time.
- readme 4y agolist of perl modules in cpan sorted by last update time http://www.cpan.org/modules/01modules.mtime.html http://www.cpan.org/modules/01modules.mtime.html
- forgotmypw17 4y agoMy 5 years and counting project diagrees with you.