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Re:PHP, python, perl, ruby - which to use? by chromatic on Saturday June 18, 2011 @03:20AM (#2668155)
in 2011 I can now safely say "Don't use Perl."

Really? In the past 18 months I've (very conservatively) doubled my productivity at least twice thanks to improvements in the Perl ecosystem. The only reason I'd tell someone "Don't use Perl" is if I didn't want competition.

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Re:PHP, python, perl, ruby - which to use? by sneak on Saturday June 18, 2011 @03:31AM (#2668166)
Perl is fantastic and I love it.

For a lot of workloads, though, Python is better or equivalent, and probably easier to find devs for.

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Re:PHP, python, perl, ruby - which to use? by ccashell on Saturday June 18, 2011 @01:06PM (#2669007)
Careful with that assumption. In my experience on a recent project, finding Perl developers was a good bit easier than finding Python developers. Generally, though, I think both are pretty prevalent.

The only problem I've had with Perl programmers is that a lot of the more casual Perl programmers (those who aren't exclusively Perl) tend to not keep up with the (significant and important) advances in Perl from the last 2-3 years.

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