in reply to Perl losing momentum ?
- Lately, I feel that Perl is losing momentum against the other dynamic languages [..] A good example is GUIs.
No, actually, with Perl, GUIs are a *bad* example when you want to persuade people that Perl is losing momentum.
If there are two things that Perl really isn't well suited for, they are high performance computing and GUIs.
Perl is great at running on a very large number of platforms. Perl is great at running with performance comparable to C, but with all kinds of dirty work (memory allocation, file handling, you name it) taken care of. Perl is great at being able to create a usable prototype quickly. And Perl is great at doing Test Driven Development.
Until there's a single GUI developer's toolkit for all platforms (never?), there are going to differences in how a GUI looks on a different platform. Welcome to the world of computing, where there are new platforms every time you turn around. Perl is no exception -- but there are definitely options, as the many replies to your original post show.
Perl is not losing its momentum; maybe the one aspect you looked at isn't moving forward very fast, but it could be that that's a business opportunity for you.
I really enjoy developing in Perl -- the language is fun and the CPAN library is terrific, but the real crown jewel is the community -- that's priceless. Plus, I'm able to find amusing, well-paying jobs where I can develop in Perl. When that stops working, I guess I'll find another language -- but for now, my prospects are good.
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Re^2: Perl losing momentum ?
by spurperl (Priest) on Jan 31, 2008 at 19:13 UTC | |
by alexm (Chaplain) on Feb 01, 2008 at 16:40 UTC | |
by zebedee (Pilgrim) on Feb 02, 2008 at 20:19 UTC |