[Bangalore-pm] The Rising Costs of Aging Perlers

venkatakrishnan g superpulse.x at gmail.com
Tue Jul 23 02:18:04 PDT 2013


Great recommendation, loved it.

On 23 July 2013 14:00, Chankey Pathak <chankey007 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just read
> http://anonymoushash.vmbrasseur.com/2013/07/22/the-rising-costs-of-aging-perlers-part-1-the-data/ and
> felt sad. I would like to recommend this article to everyone.
>
> "*Regardless, after seeing these numbers I’m convinced that the
> practitioners of Perl are aging and not enough junior developers are being
> created to sustain the language as a going concern in the development
> world. What’s worse, Perl does not appear to have any sort of succession
> plan. It’s turning into the Shakers of the software development world:
> attempting to rely on conversion for proliferation rather than on
> reproduction.*"
>
> Brasseur gave some nice suggestions in the end which IMO should be
> followed by a Perl lover:
> http://anonymoushash.vmbrasseur.com/2013/07/22/the-rising-costs-of-aging-perlers-part-3-the-suggestions/
>
> Quoting from his article:
>
> *Make cool shit. Talk about it. Talk about it A LOT.* What little
> positive image Perl retains in these modern times is primarily limited to
> making sysadmin/dev ops lives easier. While this is a worthy and admirable
> accomplishment, it’s not going to turn any heads. People will (and do) not
> want to learn a language with a stodgy reputation. The best way to shed
> that reputation is to use the language to develop cutting edge tools and
> services, then to shout it from the mountain tops.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Chankey Pathak
>
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