> That's basically a side-effect of Perl being a dead language Keeping long-term backward compatibility does not necessarily mean dying. C is 50 years old and

> That's basically a side-effect of Perl being a dead language Keeping long-term backward compatibility does not necessarily mean dying. C is 50 years old and still alive. I have written a lot more Perl than Python. IMHO, Perl is dying because its syntax is arcane and confusing. We can't solve this problem unless we design a brand new language.