Perl far from dead, more popular than you think

Courtesy Linux Today  Sat, 11/07/2009 - 18:03

Pingdom: "Everyone seems to be talking about trendier languages like PHP, Python and Ruby, with Perl left in the back as a neglected, not-so-hip cousin.

That might lead you to think that Perl is dying, but as it turns out, it’s still used by plenty of websites out there, including some pretty big hitters."


 

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