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I don't claim to know exactly why. I can tell you this, though -- a much crazier statistic is that about 1.5-1.75 years ago I did this same search on indeed.co

I don't claim to know exactly why. I can tell you this, though -- a much crazier statistic is that about 1.5-1.75 years ago I did this same search on indeed.com and while it's difficult to believe now or then, perl not only was bigger than python or ruby, it was bigger than python and ruby combined. Among other reasons, I suspect there are a lot of older perl guys still around who don't blog/write articles because they do other things in their spare time and we don't hear as much about perl compared to node/python/ruby/etc.

nandemo 14y ago
Perl was mainstream well before Python and Ruby became popular. Back in the 90s, anyone who was adopting Linux-based servers was likely using Perl in some way: web companies, small ISPs, even banks. So there are tons of legacy Perl out there.
- lazyjones 14y ago
  Indeed, back in the mid 90's, pretty much all CGI script examples you could find anywhere were written in Perl.