LanX, thank for your kind words. The words towards BrowserUK are quite harsh and I am not sure I agree. I have often ++ their posts, because of the technical skills and the enormous help to other people (and I still ++ their posts when it comes to technical help to others).

When it comes to Perl 5, I still often direct people to PerlMonks when they have technical questions, need help with a project, or to learn things, because PerlMonks is an awesome place to read and learn, to write and educate, to meditate, and sometimes to have fun. My reactions this year are not so much "feeding" the persons I react to, but more aimed at other people who might not know the other side. The other side is that many people and many companies still use Perl, that new projects are still started, and that the image of Perl has been changing for the better in the past 5 years. If I don't mention such things, who would? There are not that many other people who do.

In reply to Re^10: The Future of Perl 5 by woolfy
in thread The Future of Perl 5 by Laurent_R

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