perlmeditation
u65
<p>I had the pleasure this afternoon of being interviewed by a local, online publication about our new Perl Mongers group ([http://niceville.pm.org]). Among other things, the interviewer asked me to name a Perl-powered product that would be known by many lay persons. I have found one list
[http://perlmaven.com/perl-based-open-source-products|here],
but I'm afraid most non-programmers I know would not recognize most, if not all, of those. Realizing that the interviewer's audience are local non-techies, how would you respond?</p>
<p>My off-the-cuff response was big, open-source projects like Linux, Git, and Subversion use Perl behind the scenes, but she has given me a chance to come up with something perhaps more well-known to the average iPad user. So any better suggestions are welcome and will help in a small way to spread the word about Perl. </p>
<p>Thanks for any input. </p>