[tpm] Why perl lost steam...

[Martin at Cleaver.org]

Perhaps... because beginners evaluate which language they should learn.

And experts (and old-timers, take yer pick) think "better the devil you
know".

M.
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On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Shaun Fryer <sfryer at sourcery.ca> wrote:

> buzzword bingo?
> --
> Shaun Fryer
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Bill Stephenson <bills at ezinvoice.com>
> wrote:
> > This email list used to bustle. It was active and vibrant.
> >
> > No more. Now it is practically dead.
> >
> > It would seem that right now, when "Web Apps" are really coming into
> their
> > own, CGI scripts written in Perl would be the place that "Beginners"
> would
> > start looking.
> >
> > But there are no beginners here anymore.
> >
> > Why is that?
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