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The problem with Perl is that those that "aren't into Perl anymore." are louder than those who are.

Please don't say that. The people who are into it are too loud as it is. If someone popped up every now and then and said "Yea, it was a great ride into work this morning with my horse & buggy." Of course most people's response is going to be "hrm, yea I've rode in one of those before but it doesn't make much practical sense now".

NOTE: I'm not saying that perl is literally as obsolete as a horse & buggy but rather for most programmers to day it may as well be.

> it doesn't make much practical sense now

It helps to read the artice? Anyway, it's my goal to avoid "most programmers."

Again, my comment isn't about the article.

FYI, the article is shorter than all your comments. cough

Which further illustrates my point. What is the point of posting 4 or 5 paragraphs from someone clueless about the subject they're talking about?

Everything illustrates your point, methinks :)

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