[pm-h] Python and Perl is Dead

[Zakariyya Mughal]

On 2014-09-14 at 20:04:24 -0500, Mike Flannigan via Houston wrote:
> 
> I talked to my nephew today.  He will graduate from
> a tech school in Computer Science, or some similar
> degree related to computer software.
> 
> I asked him what software languages he uses.  Java,
> C Sharp, something else, and believe it or not
> Cobol and AS400 (for govt work).  I said what about
> Python.  Oh, that's pretty much dead he says.  I said
> "and of course Perl is dead, right?"  Yeah, he says,
> nobody uses Perl, except you.
> 
> Yeah, OK.  Sure.
> 
> I asked him what he would recommend for somebody if
> they don't use Java.  He says "C Sharp, I guess".
> I asked him about Go.  He had never heard of it!

Heheh, I'm still in university and I'm showing people Perl tricks that
blow their minds. People these days just don't use dynamic languages to
their full capability. They just learn the basics and stop. :-P

I just went to Houston Techfest[*] this weekend (as I have for a number
of years now) and I'm mostly seeing C# and JavaScript. There used to be
a larger Java presence and even some Ruby, but that has seemed to waned.
I'm wondering, would anyone want to present some Perl there next year? I
think I may have got someone interested in looking at DBIx::Class.

Also, have any of you checked out PowerShell? It's got a very terse
syntax. I may have to steal some of it for Perl.

Cheers,
- Zaki Mughal

[*]: <http://houstontechfest-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/HTF2014%20Schedule.aspx>

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