All I, for one, have done from this discussion is start to browse around and try and see what Perl must look like for the seeker, from the outside. It comes down to perceptions I believe.
Changing the general public perception is difficult in that it also involves "training" the public of where to find a heartbeat. Take for example a look at the article archive on perl.com: http://perl.com/pub/q/Article_Archive To the uninitiated or person "considering" Perl, seeing articles averaging 5+ yrs of age, it looks like a ghost town. The reality is that many of those articles are still relevant. But how can you explain/train that concept? The parallel is people looking up at sourceforge and like sites, ... to see a module that's 5 yrs old will communicate that it's headed for death. Do we "bump" these articles or rally for writing new ones? If they looked to CPAN to start with, they'd see a very active bunch. The truth is our Perl world is very stable and we're all busy getting work done by writing Perl code and we've stopped writing about Perl. Newer alternatives are still in ramp-up stages, and so the articles and activity make it look busier and safe from the roads of abandonment. It's just one thought. Have I blogged or anything since? No, unfortunately. I'm too busy writing production code with Perl. But this is the dilemma, .. How to attract the up-and-coming? Schools? -r -----Original Message----- From: Steven Lembark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Perl "Going the way of the dinosaur" Q: In the last two weeks how many of us have changed the way we do anything based on this discussion? Some reasonable ideas were put forward, I'm must wondering if anyone is actually altering their actions based on them. enjoi -- Steven Lembark +1 888 359 3508 Workhorse Computing 85-09 90th St [EMAIL PROTECTED] Woodhaven, NY 11421
