I'm not really affected, but it sort of makes sense to me. Big enterprise, wants predictable recipes for things, not the wild hubris that Perl allows. They want employees trained in a system that allows for the employees to be disposable such that replacements can step right in and understand the objects. They want object models that won't change, or if they do, they will still be compatible with other programs used by companies.

It makes sense that companies want to create giant object models that reflect their company, which are compatible with other company's models ( makes buyouts and mergers easier) , and compatible with government tax software, etc. It's all geared toward lowering IT staff numbers, and increasing profits.

I suppose if Perl had a corporate sponsor, like Sun, it would have a chance, but Sun has listing on the NYSE and lobbyists in Washington. Whilst Perl has Perlmonks. :-)

Perl is extremely useful, and just because it is not Enterprise level, dosn't change that.

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