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Perl lost because PHP took its place on the web development front. Perl lost because Python/Ruby took its place on admin front. Perl lost because the new vers

by ww520 12y ago

Perl lost because PHP took its place on the web development front. Perl lost because Python/Ruby took its place on admin front. Perl lost because the new version took forever to get ready and broke compatibility with the old code.

unexistance 12y ago
1. True 2. Linux Admin? maybe. UNIX admin? I'd say Perl still on, as it's installed by default (yeah not popular anymore, but a LOT of legacy system still run) 3. cannot comment, as never used new Perl, since UNIX still shipped with old-ish Perl maybe, just maybe it's not just winning & losing :D every language will find it's place eventually.
- nly 12y ago
  On 2: Still 193 unique files in /usr/bin on my system containing the string '/usr/bin/perl'. Only 51 containing '/usr/bin/python'.
  - anko 12y ago
    are you saying python is more efficient? :P