Actually Perl is the c when you compare c and assembly. Till today, I still consider Perl as a higher level language compare to C# and Java etc. The fact that Microsoft is combining Ruby (essentially at the same level as Perl), proves it.

However when you look at those languages at the same level, and enjoys popularity, namely Perl/Python/Ruby. Perl is dying not only because everyday some people are moving away from it, but also (and more importantly) the language is not advancing at the desired pace. Look at Python 3000... they said they would do it, and they are doing it with a published timetable. Look at Perl 6, you see a totally different world, an example of failure.

In reply to Re^2: Are programmers getting too lazy for perl? by Cop
in thread Are programmers getting too lazy for perl? by zer

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