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Oh come on. Why is it that every 3 months there is a new article defending Perl's vitality? I don't hear many people claiming Perl is dead. Does anyone who like
by n8agrin 17y ago
Oh come on. Why is it that every 3 months there is a new article defending Perl's vitality? I don't hear many people claiming Perl is dead. Does anyone who likes and uses Perl care, and I mean really care, if Perl maybe be deemed "dead" by non-Perl users? I understand public perception is important and a growing active community is important. All that's well and good, but as a non-Perl user I've never had anything but the impression that the Perl community is alive and well. If people started telling me Python is dead I would probably ask them if they meant their pet snake, and then I'd get right back to writing all my double underscore methods happily. I certainly wouldn't write blog posts claiming Python is not dead. Maybe this is just my take but it seems like constantly claiming Perl isn't dead sure is a good way to push the language in that direction.
- joe_the_user 17y agoActually, I think you answer your own question here. Perl seems dead because the Perl articles have titles like "Perl's Not Dead". If a language's supporters have to argue for its very existence, the language can't be doing very well. And with many languages very visibly growing, not being dead isn't enough, if a language isn't growing, it can easily seem dead. An article like "Why Is Everyone Excited By Perlfoo, The Latest Perl Library That's Transforming The World" would actually be a better argument that Perl had life in it.
- berntb 17y ago>>Why is it that every 3 months there is a new article defending Perl's vitality? You don't think a defensive attitude might have something to do with finding "Perl is dead/unreadable" trolls every time it is mentioned on the net? Including on HN.