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I've heard many people saying that "Perl doesn't scale" - "90% of the successful startups run RoR, why wouldn't you?" - "If you use Perl and you get web scale y

by koide 14y ago

I've heard many people saying that "Perl doesn't scale" - "90% of the successful startups run RoR, why wouldn't you?" - "If you use Perl and you get web scale you'll have many problems" I don't give at all credibility to such comments, but I have heard them. Perl's becoming every day more of a niche language. Maybe some marketing about great Perl built projects could help. Does something like this exist?

draegtun 14y ago
> Maybe some marketing about great Perl built projects could help. Does something like this exist? Some do get "marketed" via Perl News (http://perlnews.org/ http://perlnews.org/) or PerlMonks (http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.perlmonks.org/). But I know of many Perl built projects which you only get to hear about via contacts, mailing lists or jobs postings. Here are some announcements of Perl built projects (that I recalled and found quickly)... * The Secrets Behind Blekko's Search Technology - http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2010/12/the-secrets-behind-blekkos-search-technology.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2010/12/the-secrets-behind-... * DuckDuckGo Architecture - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=525048 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=525048 * LOVEFiLM’s love affair with open source - http://www.itpro.co.uk/622960/lovefilm-s-love-affair-with-open-source http://www.itpro.co.uk/622960/lovefilm-s-love-affair-with-op... * Trendshare.org - http://www.modernperlbooks.com/mt/2012/09/announcing-my-new-powered-by-perl-projects.html http://www.modernperlbooks.com/mt/2012/09/announcing-my-new-... And here is a list of Perl start-ups that come to mind: Lokku, Moonfruit, CareerJet & Adzuna.
- smacktoward 14y ago
  Some do get "marketed" via Perl News or PerlMonks Marketing is bringing your story to people who don't already know about it. Readers of Perl News and PerlMonks are very likely to already be Perl users/advocates.
dalke 14y ago
Your response might be "what percentage of the failed startups run RoR?" ;)

by koide 14y ago

draegtun 14y ago

> Maybe some marketing about great Perl built projects could help. Does something like this exist? Some do get "marketed" via Perl News (http://perlnews.org/ http://perlnews.org/) or PerlMonks (http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.perlmonks.org/). But I know of many Perl built projects which you only get to hear about via contacts, mailing lists or jobs postings. Here are some announcements of Perl built projects (that I recalled and found quickly)... * The Secrets Behind Blekko's Search Technology - http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2010/12/the-secrets-behind-blekkos-search-technology.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2010/12/the-secrets-behind-... * DuckDuckGo Architecture - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=525048 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=525048 * LOVEFiLM’s love affair with open source - http://www.itpro.co.uk/622960/lovefilm-s-love-affair-with-open-source http://www.itpro.co.uk/622960/lovefilm-s-love-affair-with-op... * Trendshare.org - http://www.modernperlbooks.com/mt/2012/09/announcing-my-new-powered-by-perl-projects.html http://www.modernperlbooks.com/mt/2012/09/announcing-my-new-... And here is a list of Perl start-ups that come to mind: Lokku, Moonfruit, CareerJet & Adzuna.

smacktoward 14y ago
Some do get "marketed" via Perl News or PerlMonks Marketing is bringing your story to people who don't already know about it. Readers of Perl News and PerlMonks are very likely to already be Perl users/advocates.

dalke 14y ago

Your response might be "what percentage of the failed startups run RoR?" ;)