Perl language's popularity hits all-time low

[Kent Sharkey]

ZDNet[^]:

The Tiobe language index shows that Python and Ruby have gained in popularity at Perl's expense.

print join " ", reverse split /,/, "exaggerated,greatly,been,have,death,my,of,reports";

[mikepwilson]

I couldn't imagine using something other than perl for the kind of spreadsheet <-> database <-> 'locally saved web page' conversion work I do. My greatest love in programming languages will always be C++. But for many kinds of heavy lifting, you can't beat perl.

[Kevin McFarlane]

I can't stand Perl. Worst language I've ever used. I admit it's good at what it does though. But would much rather use Python or Ruby.

Kevin

[Kent Sharkey]

It is one of those "Duct tape" languages: if nothing else will solve the problem, perl will. You might not want to re-read it six months later, though.

TTFN - Kent

[Rob Grainger]

"t is one of those "Duct tape" languages: if nothing else will solve the problem, perl will." Isn't that a tautology: "one of those" other languages will surely do the job as well. Probably in a nicer way than Perl. (Except PHP of course, nothing is ever solved in a nicer way than anything by using PHP - except possibly BrainFuck).

"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.