[rjurney]

"I've used Perl for one-page web apps. I've used Perl for one-hundred-page web apps. I've used Perl for HTTP load testing. I've used Perl for high performance messaging. I've used Perl for writing desktop apps."

Me too. And I hung out in the same IRC channels as you, and I used the same style and followed the same trends. And you know what? My informed opinion remains ;)

Once you write a web app in Ruby, writing one in Perl seems very silly. There is too much syntax. There are too many special characters. There is nobody to collaborate with outside of IRC. Library support in my area is quite poor.

I've done a lot of data/matrix math stuff in Python lately, but I'm actually switching back to Perl for that - I am just not productive in Python.

I've never had Perl 'fail me.' It can always do most anything I need to do. Its just a question of whether it is the best tool for the job, and whether it is the most enjoyable tool for the job.