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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Article is indeed good. Well researched and very true </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>L</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Delhi-pm [mailto:delhi-pm-bounces+pp=ockham.be@pm.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>venkatakrishnan g<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 23, 2013 2:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> Bangalore.pm<br><b>Cc:</b> delhi-pm@pm.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Delhi-pm] [Bangalore-pm] The Rising Costs of Aging Perlers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Great recommendation, loved it.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 23 July 2013 14:00, Chankey Pathak <<a href="mailto:chankey007@gmail.com" target="_blank">chankey007@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I just read <a href="http://anonymoushash.vmbrasseur.com/2013/07/22/the-rising-costs-of-aging-perlers-part-1-the-data/" target="_blank">http://anonymoushash.vmbrasseur.com/2013/07/22/the-rising-costs-of-aging-perlers-part-1-the-data/</a> and felt sad. I would like to recommend this article to everyone.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>"<i>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.</i>"<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Brasseur gave some nice suggestions in the end which IMO should be followed by a Perl lover: <a href="http://anonymoushash.vmbrasseur.com/2013/07/22/the-rising-costs-of-aging-perlers-part-3-the-suggestions/" target="_blank">http://anonymoushash.vmbrasseur.com/2013/07/22/the-rising-costs-of-aging-perlers-part-3-the-suggestions/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Quoting from his article: <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Make cool shit. Talk about it. Talk about it A LOT.</span></strong><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'> 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.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>-- <br>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>Chankey Pathak<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<br>Bangalore-pm mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Bangalore-pm@pm.org">Bangalore-pm@pm.org</a><br><a href="http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/bangalore-pm" target="_blank">http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/bangalore-pm</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>