[za-pm] is Perl on the decline?

Francois Marais francois at busii.com
Thu Apr 8 01:16:40 PDT 2010


Hi Anne,

There are of course Catalyst CRUD modules on CPAN, but to help with the
wider issue you raise, have a look at this interesting discussion
http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=526866
particularly brian d foy's comments about IT managers being the real
problem.

There is a (more recent) presentation with notes somewhere by Tim Bunce
(the Perl mythbuster) on Perl myths busted.

Also, if development activity is a concern, have a look at www.ohloh.net.
You will see that development on Perl5 (now 17+ years old) is still active,
compared with eg C#. Will we see the same level of activity for Java/C# at
that age?

To add another animal to the technology zoo, how about the crocodile? It has
survived several mass extinctions which wiped out many other species :-)

Regards
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