Perl is no longer the "cool" new language

Being the cool language gets people to use it and find its niche, whether large or small. Perl has that already. It's quick, its fast, and its beautiful. Unless seasoned programmers and system administrators disappear overnight, i doubt Perl will leave the scene anytime soon. (We can talk about it after COBOL fades away.) Once a niche is found, pushing the language elsewhere is just plain silly.

Whenever there is more than once choice to provide a solution, we can create three categories, where: X is best, X is worst, and where there is no best and worst. We should not try to push Perl where it doesn't belong. Just where it is best, and people who prefer it can use it elsewhere, where the programmer's preference is the deciding factor. Perhaps the only time to push Perl would be where people don't realize it is the best language for the job. I did that at one company where a COBOL programmer tried to show how COBOL and entire job setup would be best to process reports. I had to explain to the entire team why Perl was the best language, and it was done so and ran brilliantly. (Unfortunately politics came into play and it was rewritten in VB! :( )

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When i read the title in my head just now: Perl and the <echo, reverb, or whatever>Future</echo, reverb, or whatever> like a 50s TV show. Also, stating "I thought I'd try to stimulate some discussion" is probably the worst way to stimulate discussion. Something like that is said as an explanation in afterthought, if at all. The best way to stimulate discussion is to go out on a limb and state your own opinion, with no mitigating prefaces, no desires for reply, and to state it well.

In reply to Re: Perl and the Future by chacham
in thread Perl and the Future by hangon

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