July 17, 2006

Perl is dying

Six years ago Perl was the undisputed king of scripting languages. Python, Ruby and a cadre of others were riding its coattails. We were promised a new version that would right the wrongs of the previous; a complete rewrite based on a new, state-of-the-art VM. Six years later, Perl 6 is still not out. Perl is now fast on its way to irrelevancy.

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