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Re:Helping people find good Perl tutorials by qntm on Thursday November 03, 2011 @12:21PM (#3192444)
I'm okay with Perl decreasing in popularity. It's okay for a thing to serve its purpose and then bow out.
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Re:Helping people find good Perl tutorials by elliottcarlson on Thursday November 03, 2011 @01:09PM (#3192648)
It doesn't need to bow out - it can continue to serve its purpose while existing next to other useful languages, even if some strengths and weaknesses may overlap.
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