later stage?

Perl 5 has always had support for object orientation, and unlike Python I can choose how to use OO, perl 6 style, cdbi style, explicitly, implicitly, scary-magic ways, or c++ style.

Also, unlike Python I don't have to upgrade the entire compiler, core libraries, etc to install newer alternatives and libraries.

I can't remember the last time, or if I have ever needed to upgrade Perl itself to use a perl library or application - contrast this to installing any perl library or application - every time I have had to update python to a newer version, faff about with library paths and have a miserable time

Finally - in what way is Python a winning competitor?
It sold more books to newbies and dabblers this week/month - woo! How about having a tiny fraction of Perl's support, user groups, CPAN, job market, install base, documentation, ORM functionality, etc.

In reply to Re^8: Tired of "Perl is dead" FUD ? by Anonymous Monk
in thread Tired of "Perl is dead" FUD ? by renodino

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