I coulda sworn CPAN and being wired to think like your brain were the reasons for Perl's longevity

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Re: I coulda sworn CPAN and being wired to think like your brain were the reasons for Perl's longevity by xdg (Monsignor) on Nov 07, 2007 at 05:19 UTC
Python: A popular language among Web site builders. It includes features missing from Perl Huh? And I really like how they stop the Perl lineage at 4.000 in 1991. Because nothing notable in Perl has been released since... -xdg Code written by xdg and posted on PerlMonks is public domain. It is provided as is with no warranties, express or implied, of any kind. Posted code may not have been tested. Use of posted code is at your own risk.	[reply]
Re^2: I coulda sworn CPAN and being wired to think like your brain were the reasons for Perl's longevity by parv (Parson) on Nov 07, 2007 at 09:25 UTC
If you look carefully there is a arrow on the right inidicating that story continues per legend (perhaps ran out of time, space, and labour).	[reply]
Re^3: I coulda sworn CPAN and being wired to think like your brain were the reasons for Perl's longevity by xdg (Monsignor) on Nov 07, 2007 at 11:57 UTC
Yes, but plenty of other languages have multiple version updates continuing onward. I would think that Perl 5 is a fairly major change from Perl 4 and by 2001 when the graph ends, I think that Perl 5.005 was the modern version of Perl at the time. -xdg Code written by xdg and posted on PerlMonks is public domain. It is provided as is with no warranties, express or implied, of any kind. Posted code may not have been tested. Use of posted code is at your own risk.	[reply]
Re: I coulda sworn CPAN and being wired to think like your brain were the reasons for Perl's longevity by Fletch (Bishop) on Nov 06, 2007 at 17:47 UTC
Nananananananana Batman! I mean, Larry! We're looking for a Perl and Database Developer for Corporate Investments Group.	[reply]
Re: I coulda sworn CPAN and being wired to think like your brain were the reasons for Perl's longevity by zentara (Archbishop) on Nov 07, 2007 at 13:42 UTC
I need a GPS device to navigate that chart! :-) I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum	[reply]
Re: I coulda sworn CPAN and being wired to think like your brain were the reasons for Perl's longevity by ctilmes (Vicar) on Nov 08, 2007 at 11:47 UTC
I think the chart also underestimates the very broad heritage of Perl, which shamelessly borrows good ideas from languages all over the chart.	[reply]

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