Re: Where is the Perl Buzz?

Andy Lester wrote:
> Like I replied to Joel's post...
> 
> There's plenty of buzz about Perl.  See our freshly released website
> http://perlbuzz.com/
> 
> From our "Why Perlbuzz?" page at http://perlbuzz.com/why-perlbuzz.html
:
> 
> --quote--
> We hear it all the time: "Is Perl still around? I thought that everyone
> moved on to (PHP, Ruby, whatever)" In fact, Perl 5 is alive and kicking,
> and plenty of people are using it, creating new cool stuff all the time.
> There's constant activity, but it doesn't get as much mindshare as some
> of the newer ***y languages out there. That's a shame, and we're here to
> fix that.
> --endquote--
> 
> There's a lot going on.  It's just not as ***y as being able to write
> CRUD apps in half an hour.
> 

Actually its that anyone that knows what ***y is realizes you *can*
write CRUD apps in half an hour with Perl, but that that isn't ***y. For
those people that don't know that writing CRUD apps in half an hour
isn't ***y, well...

http://danconia.org

> And I don't think it's a waste of time to talk about Perl.  Indeed, why
> else would one be on an advocacy list?
> 
> xoxo,
> Andy
> 
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