Re^4: Putting Perl Back on Top in the Fields of Scientific and Financial Computing

If we don't, the language risks stagnation and people will move on - something Jon Orwant pointed out 10 years ago

That quite invalidates the argument, doesn't? It's 10 years later, and Perl still hasn't wilted away. I'd even say, Perl is stronger than it was 10 years ago (sure, it's not so much hyped as it used to, but that's not the same).

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Re^5: Putting Perl Back on Top in the Fields of Scientific and Financial Computing by TimToady (Parson) on Mar 12, 2011 at 01:53 UTC
Nope, doesn't invalidate the argument at all, since much of the excitement in the Perl 5 community these days is from ideas originally generated for Perl 6 and borrowed back. (And most of the Perl 6 folks are quite happy with a re-invigorated Perl 5, by the way.) Without Jon Orwant ten years ago you wouldn't have Moose today.	[reply]