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1. A fashionable language (e. g. Rust) make it easier to attract new developers, some may contribute just to learn the language. Perl is as unfashionable as it
by citrin_ru 3y ago
1. A fashionable language (e. g. Rust) make it easier to attract new developers, some may contribute just to learn the language. Perl is as unfashionable as it gets for a language still in active use. But if the project don't need a lot of changes / new features it should not matter.