[gordonfish]

> I guess it shows how far off the radar Perl currently is.

This is a serious misconception. Perl is far, far from dead. The constant activity of the gargantuan CPAN library more than demonstrates very much the opposite.

I would say Perl and its community has done quite well considering it hasn't had the same mountain of corporate funds thrust into it like more highlighted have. Mainstream ain't everything.

[saghm]

I don't think "off the radar" means dead, but that people aren't generally aware of what's going on with it. I think this is actually pretty consistent with what you're saying; stuff is going on with it, but it's not on people's radar, so they don't realize it.

[gordonfish]

Fair enough point.