Perl is Dead. Long live Perl.

If you’re a web developer who believes Perl is a thing of the past: read that essay.  If you’re a systems developer who doesn’t use Perl because you think it’s dying or dead: read that essay.

That essay puts into perspective just how thriving Perl still is and explains why people have the notion it’s dead or dying.  And it’s all true, very true indeed.

People seem to believe Perl is on its way out the door because it’s losing the solid grip it once had as the leading web development language.  One point for those who say it’s not the leading language of choice for web development.  It’s not anymore, the alternatives are more plentiful these days; PHP and ColdFusion being the leading contenders (PHP primarily, due to being open source).  But negative one point to those that take that fact and believe it means Perl is completely out the door in web development and that it’s going downhill in systems development.

Perl may be losing grip in the web development industry because there are more attractive and dedicated languages to the need.  But it’s still as active and thriving as ever in every other aspect.

I’ll quote: “Long live Perl”