in reply to What is the state of Perl?

Perl, PHP, and Java have overlapping but distinct markets, much as a car, motorcycle, and truck have overlapping but distinct markets.

Your question sounds to me like "are cars replacing trucks?". I don't think so.

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

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Re: Re: What is the state of Perl?
by toadi (Chaplain) on May 16, 2001 at 11:20 UTC
    Well if managers would see it like this!

    See if i drive a truck i can do more overlapping tasks of the car then a car can of the truck... So is it better to be always driving a truck?



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      Especially if it is an alcohol breathing super truck!!

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Re: Re: What is the state of Perl?
by nysus (Parson) on May 16, 2001 at 16:38 UTC
    Well, SUVs are much popular now than they were 10 years ago. For sure, cars are still around, but some of them have been replaced by SUVs. But you are right, SUVs will never completely replace cars.

    So to extend my question onto your analogy: If Perl were an SUV, would SUVs be getting more popular or less popular?

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