[tpm] Why perl lost steam...

[Jake Payton]

I think it's because people want things that are easy right out of the  
box.  I love perl because I am unconstrained, but I feel like some are  
intimidated by that freedom.  They would rather spend less time  
exploring and simply have something that "just works" for their  
specific task.

Open source is great when you have the will, but many would rather  
just be shown the way.

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 20, 2010, at 7:40 PM, "Martin at Cleaver.org" <Martin at Cleaver.org>  
wrote:

> 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?
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> Shaun Fryer
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>
> 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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