Re:Why Perl?
by G3rn0ti on Friday April 21, 2023 @10:16AM
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Perl 5 had a certain niche. That niche has been filled by other languages (mostly backend JS these days).
C lives off its niche as being the lingua franca for programming low level interfaces. Java lives in its corporate niche and C++ mostly in game programming and large desktop applications.
Perl 5 has become an orphan. Itβs a programming language nobody needs any more and, hence, shares the fate of many other obsolete languages that may be cool but are unpopular.
C lives off its niche as being the lingua franca for programming low level interfaces. Java lives in its corporate niche and C++ mostly in game programming and large desktop applications.
Perl 5 has become an orphan. Itβs a programming language nobody needs any more and, hence, shares the fate of many other obsolete languages that may be cool but are unpopular.