RE: Perl, Dog's Swiss Army Knife of the Web (Ozymandias: From corkscrew to screwdriver)

People talk about the death of everything useful and popular. It could almost be a defining characteristic of popularity and usefulness, that a certain segment of the population will proclaim it outdated and about to die.

The reason it won't happen - and the reason why Perl is the "Swiss Army Knife of the Internet" - is that it continues to change and evolve. Perl will not stay the same, but it will still be there. Swiss Army Knives change; they took off the corkscrew and replaced it with a screwdriver. Perl can do the same.

- Ozymandias

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RE: RE: Perl, Dog's Swiss Army Knife of the Web (Ozymandias: From corkscrew to screwdriver) by Macphisto (Hermit) on Jul 14, 2000 at 19:49 UTC
What will keep perl alive is that people keep adding to it. People like Nik Ing-Simmons ( wrote Perl\Tk ) keep adding and adding to it. Think of it as Larry Wall as the father owning a house and everyone of his children ( anyone who writes Perl ) has access to build another room on his house. The beatings will continue until morale raises.	[reply]