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> Perl is seeing a strong decline and I think it will join the dead group in a few decades. A shame - I much prefer its take on a versatile, unixy scripting la
by HeckFeck 3y ago
> Perl is seeing a strong decline and I think it will join the dead group in a few decades.
A shame - I much prefer its take on a versatile, unixy scripting language.
Much has been done to keep it alive - the comprehensive book Modern Perl, and the well-integrated Mojolicious web framework. But it doesn't seem to be enough. I'm the only one in my circles and age range who knows it, everyone else would reach for Python, shell or even JavaScript.