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There is a huge amount of perl on your average Linux system, and it's integral to the GNU Autotools suite which is still widely used in many critical system com
by deciduously 3y ago
There is a huge amount of perl on your average Linux system, and it's integral to the GNU Autotools suite which is still widely used in many critical system components. I have trouble imagining it going anywhere at this point.
- that_guy_iain 3y agoYou seem to be confusing "new projects" with "maintained projects". Perl like all the other languages that are heavily used aren't going to be going anywhere. They're used in legacy code. However, the original comment had a definition. Which says nobody would use it to start a new project. Talking about currently maintained projects doesn't really change the fact it doesn't seem anyone is using it for new projects. > I think the meaningful definition of “dead language” is “nobody will begin a new code base in it any more, except as a hobby or research project”.
- empath-nirvana 3y agoAre new programmers learning perl? That's probably the real question. I think the answer is no. So it'll be dead as soon as all the people coding in it today retire.