Re^2: How is Perl for automation?

From what the internet seems to tellnme, Perl is not that in demand

You must be on some other internet. Mine says this.

Also, any book you could suggest?

Loads here - take your pick! Perhaps Automating System Administration With Perl might be a good option, once you have picked up the basics.

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Re^3: How is Perl for automation? by fidodido (Sexton) on Dec 02, 2020 at 22:24 UTC
Man....that's some eye opener. Thanks.	[reply]
Re^3: How is Perl for automation? by fidodido (Sexton) on Dec 02, 2020 at 22:32 UTC
Sorry for the multi posting but, I had to say this....so if Im to believe the graph, then Perl being "dead" or "not in demand" or "disliked" is just FUD. Thanks again.	[reply]
Re^4: How is Perl for automation? by hippo (Archbishop) on Dec 02, 2020 at 23:19 UTC
The one unequivocal conclusion is that anyone saying that Perl is "not in demand" is clearly as wrong as it is possible to be. Being "dead" is somewhat more arbitrary and I'm not sure how you could come up with a solid quantitative measure. However, metacpan maintains a list of recent module releases which shows double-digit numbers every day. That isn't what I would expect to see with a "dead" language. That only leaves "disliked", which is probably the most subjective and arbitrary of all. Quantifying that would be a fool's errand. The only way to really tell if you dislike a language is to try it. That's how I know I dislike Java. And PHP. 🦛	[reply]
Re^5: How is Perl for automation? by fidodido (Sexton) on Dec 03, 2020 at 10:36 UTC
That was quite well articulated. Thank you.	[reply]