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Who is still using Perl? Any good war stories?

by daniel-levin on 6/12/20, 5:58 PM with 3 comments

Today I dug up some old Perl scripts I wrote about 11 years ago. I cobbled together a program to find duplicate mp3 files, where the sound is the same but the metadata may differ. It got me to think. Anybody out there still maintaining Perl?

  • by thesuperbigfrog on 6/12/20, 7:13 PM

    The current state of Perl for Python fans:

    Perl 5: I'm not dead!

    TIOBE: 'Ere! 'E says 'e's not dead!

    Internet: Yes he is.

    Perl 5: I'm not!

    TIOBE: 'E isn't?

    Internet: Well... he will be soon-- he's very ill...

    Perl 5: I'm getting better!

    Internet: No you're not, you'll be stone dead in a moment.

    TIOBE: I can't take 'im off like that! It's against regulations!

    Perl 5: I don't want to go off the chart....

    Internet: Oh, don't be such a baby.

    TIOBE: I can't take 'im off....

    Perl 5: I feel fine!

    Internet: Well, do us a favor...

    TIOBE: I can't!

    Internet: Can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long...

    TIOBE: No, gotta get to Reddit, they lost nine today.

    Internet: Well, when's your next round?

    TIOBE: Next year.

    Perl 5: I think I'll go for a walk....

    Internet: You're not fooling anyone, you know-- (to TIOBE) Look, isn't there something you can do...?

    Perl 5: I feel happy! I feel happy!

    ----

    But seriously, Perl 5.30.2 just came out this month. It's not dead yet.

    https://www.perl.org/get.html

  • by praveen9920 on 6/12/20, 6:06 PM

    Amazon. They still use perl based front end framework on their website.

  • by desktopninja on 6/12/20, 6:53 PM

    "The internet is duct taped together with a series of perl scripts"

    Its either true or serves for a good intellectual laugh.