When [id://Anonymous Monk] wrote that Perl was dying, my first response was rage that someone was talking that way about my beloved Perl. However, the article was well-written, the comments presented in a reasonable, non-trollish way, and I found myself having to take a closer look at Perl, why I used it, and where I thought it was going.

My conclusions didn't change. I'm still using Perl, I still intend to use it, and I believe it will be around for a while yet. But [id://Anonymous Monk] did a service by requiring me to think about what Perl meant to me. Like many people, I tend to get into ruts, habits that become familiar, comfortable, and eventually stagnating. It doesn't make much sense to challenge everything, every day - but it does make sense to question things every now and then, to review whether this or that habit is still working for me, or whether I would be better served by something else. [id://Anonymous Monk] shook me out of my comfortable drowsiness, got me angry, and forced me to take another look. No, I'm not ready to make any changes just yet - but I didn't really know that until I took the time to think about it. So thank you, [id://Anonymous Monk], for p*ssing me off and forcing me to reflect. I still don't agree with you, but now I at least have some idea why I don't. Oh, and BTW, your fears of being severely downvoted weren't realized. More people upvoted your node, than downvoted it.

Update: The link to this node was inoperative when I last checked. However, this external link might work. Thanks to [id://ww] and [id://Arunbear] for their suggestions regarding linking to the article.

In reply to Well, *Is* Perl Dying? by spiritway

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