[Bangalore-pm] The Rising Costs of Aging Perlers

[Anil Menon]

Hmmm - unfortunatly very less adoption by companies. I guess things would
have been different had they released perl6 a few years ago.....just my 2
cents

-anil
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On Tuesday, July 23, 2013, venkatakrishnan g wrote:

> Great recommendation, loved it.
>
> On 23 July 2013 14:00, Chankey Pathak <chankey007 at gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '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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