in reply to Re: Perl is dying
in thread Perl is dying

Hmm, if that's so, why has no-one mentioned Catalyst, or Jifty yet?

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Re^3: Perl is dying
by apotheon (Deacon) on Jul 19, 2006 at 07:39 UTC

    Maybe people aren't mentioning Catalyst much because:

    1. It suffers from CPAN Dependency Hell.
    2. It's not portable or accessible for people with <$10/mo. webhosting accounts.

    print substr("Just another Perl hacker", 0, -2);
    		 - apotheon
    CopyWrite Chad Perrin

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      Try the Shadowcat installer. I used to curse and swear at Cat during installation; ever since Matt posted that thing to the list, installations have been blissfully simple: fire curl -s http://www.shadowcatsystems.co.uk/static/cat-install | sudo perl and forget. 10 minutes later you have a working Cat install.

      Makeshifts last the longest.

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        That solves one of the two problems. The other is still enough to make Catalyst unuseful for most of its potential userbase.

        That doesn't mean it's not excellent for those who can use it, of course — just that there are a great many people who cannot use it.

        print substr("Just another Perl hacker", 0, -2);
        		 - apotheon
        CopyWrite Chad Perrin

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