Why perl lost steam...

2010-09-20 Thread Bill Stephenson
This email list used to bustle. It was active and vibrant. No more. Now it is practically dead. It would seem that right now, when Web Apps are really coming into their own, CGI scripts written in Perl would be the place that Beginners would start looking. But there are no beginners here

Re: Why perl lost steam...

2010-09-20 Thread Eko Budiharto
dear Bill, not exactly this mailing list will be dead. It is probably passive for this moment. It is impossible perl will loose from the IT world. If there is no beginners, it is good, right? Because there will be more expert people can help beginners/newbies. :) On 9/21/2010 3:39 AM, Bill

Bls: Why perl lost steam...

2010-09-20 Thread zach
Perhaps, someone who learned about creating a perl-based web application is not 'a beginner', and i guess this type of person will directly choose a framework for completing the work, perhaps 'the newbies will be found at other mailing lists (C:: A or Mojolicious Catalyst) ? Zak,

Re: Why perl lost steam...

2010-09-20 Thread David Taiaroa
Hi Bill, Eko, Interesting question. I find that now I often use PHP and CMS options like Joomla to handle tasks that 10 years ago I would have turned to Perl to solve. Panchroma Website Development Moncton :: Riverview :: Dieppe www.panchroma.ca On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:50 PM, Eko