OK. I was able to find a little time to do some "number hunting" (find real data to support/debunk (m)any of the "facts" being thrown about in this thread). Here's the best info I was able to obtain:

CPAN Authors
YEAR AUTHORS
1995 58
1996 121
1997 183
1998 306
1999 441
2000 590
2001 761
2002 994
2003 1207
2004 1261
2005 1303
2006 1380
2007 1447
2008 1573
2009 1631
2010 1655
2011 1671
2012 1758
2013 1736
Shows a drop of 22, from 2012 to 2013. Does this reveal an alarming trend?

Another interesting statistic is that an Author by the name of tobyink appears to be ranked "3", on the scale of "100 Most Contributing Authors". I could swear I've heard that name before, somewhere. :)

Well, for what it's worth. That's the best/most revealing data I could come up with.

--Chris

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