Well said. If we were thinking militarily (Note: I have never served), Perl could be the non-comms, keeping all of the important, day-to-day stuff running, while management (commissioned officers) is figuring out strategy.

My last job was with a small team (about ten) that supported the business unit that provided a CAD $50M revenue stream. Some of the Perl code that did this was >20 years old. It's old, but it still works incredibly well.

Alex / talexb / Toronto

Thanks PJ. We owe you so much. Groklaw -- RIP -- 2003 to 2013.

In reply to Re^2: Perl's not dead, and neither is the community by talexb
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