in reply to Perl mentioned at The New Stack

And later in that article it is written:

In fact, everyone, including TIOBE CEO Paul Jansen, seems puzzled at its rank, Corwall argues. Jansen attributes its TIOBE ranking to the number of Perl books. Wired seems to have coincided with a boost in its TIOBE rank in 2025; perhaps it was the 5.4.2.0 maintenance release that kept Perl users searching, he says.
The 5.4.2.0 maintenance release???

I think they refer to the 5.42.0 release. And it was a normal release, not a maintenance release. How can one trust a ranking made by people who don't know what they are talking about?

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