Re^3: Putting Perl Back on Top in the Fields of Scientific and Financial Computing

Well, then feast your eyes on pdl.perl.org

Looks like someone with a better eye for design recently got a hold of the website, which a lot of projects would benefit from. These efforts are crucial to get people excited about using Perl. If we don't, the language risks stagnation and people will move on - something Jon Orwant pointed out 10 years ago

As a community, I'd suggest that people aim to be ready to shout their efforts with loads of slick marketing for the launch of Perl 6 and ride the wave of shininess. Jokes aside, The Year of Perl 6 should really be a whole year full of Perl.

perl -e 'print qq(Just another Perl Hacker\n)' # where's the irony switch?

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Re^4: Putting Perl Back on Top in the Fields of Scientific and Financial Computing by Anonymous Monk on Mar 11, 2011 at 20:37 UTC
These efforts are crucial to get people excited about using Perl Debatable, see Site facelift?	[reply]
Re^4: Putting Perl Back on Top in the Fields of Scientific and Financial Computing by JavaFan (Canon) on Mar 11, 2011 at 22:16 UTC
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).	[reply]
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]