[chaostheory]

> But that's not what you claimed, you claimed the developers and advocates were mostly retiring.

I can make multiple claims; they are not exclusive. Making a new claim doesn't necessarily make my previous one less true. My main point is Perl is like Cobol now. It'll probably be around long after we're both gone, but there's no more growth.

> I'd also say that Perl's popularity is effectively gone in the general use of the term. While some new development is actually being done in Perl, IME the only people choosing it are already Perl advocates.

it doesn't sound like we disagree.