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A comment on Ask HN: What languages of the last 20 years are here to stay?.

Re:Ask HN: What languages of the last 20 years are here to s... by digitalsushi on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @11:14AM (#19674338)
Perl isn't as popular as it was 20 years ago, but it's still very present - and now that ruby has been around as long as perl had been, I'd venture that ruby will be a smell we find in code junk drawers for decades and decades to come.
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Re:Ask HN: What languages of the last 20 years are here to s... by microwavecamera on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @03:34PM (#19676588)
But Perl is more than 20 years old. It was released in 1987. Even Perl 5 is 25 years old now. Now I do think Perl 6 is going to be around for a long time and will eventually fill the niche served by Perl 5 while being able to compete with modern languages.
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