What world does Pratte live in? We use Perl as part of our mision critical build system. Part of our mission is to write and deliver software. Our build system is a key part of that process. Perl is used in important places in the build system. (In fact the next version of the build management software will be written in Perl.) So, we at least use Perl in a mission critical role.

There are already "snazzy" IDEs around for Perl: Komodo and Eclipse/EPIC for a start. Those are not part of the language, but they are important to some people to make it a viable language.

Anyway, at the end of the day, why does Perl need to be an "Enterprise" language? Why can't it just be a damn good problem solver and a bundle of fun to use with a really good support community?

DWIM is Perl's answer to Gödel

In reply to Re: Perl in the Enterprise by GrandFather
in thread Perl in the Enterprise by Scott7477

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