Comments on: Perl – why not popular http://perl.baczynski.com/future/perl-why-not-popular Perl, CPAN, YAPC... et ceatera Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:41:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3202 hourly 1 By: Alexandr Ciornii http://perl.baczynski.com/future/perl-why-not-popular/comment-page-1#comment-45 Alexandr Ciornii Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:49:44 +0000 http://perl.baczynski.com/?p=66#comment-45 Java is very popular because of corporations. Maybe same for C#. PAR creates executables easily - I done it for perlcritic, ack and web program with Catalyst-based server. zloyrusskiy: ppm in ActivePerl john napiorkowski: On IRC, Perl is more popular than PHP. Perl has it's own IRC network and large number of regulars on other networks. Java is very popular because of corporations. Maybe same for C#. PAR creates executables easily – I done it for perlcritic, ack and web program with Catalyst-based server.

zloyrusskiy:
ppm in ActivePerl

john napiorkowski:
On IRC, Perl is more popular than PHP. Perl has it’s own IRC network and large number of regulars on other networks.

]]> By: john napiorkowski http://perl.baczynski.com/future/perl-why-not-popular/comment-page-1#comment-41 john napiorkowski Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:19:24 +0000 http://perl.baczynski.com/?p=66#comment-41 I don't think Perl is unpopular, relative to the other scripting languages. Java and C# own the bulk, which is no surprise given that most of the programming work is in big enterprises and they always go for Java or MS. Reasons for this fact are varied and explored elsewhere. Perl is not far behind PHP, which is the most popular of the scripting languages. Given how much easier PHP is to build quick and dirty apps, the fact Perl is so close is very positive. So personally I don't think Perl is far behind statistically. Mindshare I think we have an issue, but that's going to change with time and effort. I don’t think Perl is unpopular, relative to the other scripting languages. Java and C# own the bulk, which is no surprise given that most of the programming work is in big enterprises and they always go for Java or MS. Reasons for this fact are varied and explored elsewhere. Perl is not far behind PHP, which is the most popular of the scripting languages. Given how much easier PHP is to build quick and dirty apps, the fact Perl is so close is very positive. So personally I don’t think Perl is far behind statistically. Mindshare I think we have an issue, but that’s going to change with time and effort.

]]> By: zloyrusskiy http://perl.baczynski.com/future/perl-why-not-popular/comment-page-1#comment-40 zloyrusskiy Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:24:03 +0000 http://perl.baczynski.com/?p=66#comment-40 I think, Perl is no so popular, bacause it's hard for newbie to install modules for it. CPAN is cool for use for users who's working in linux, but the most mass of people works in windows and for them needed CPAN with GUI and one button "install this module" I think, Perl is no so popular, bacause it’s hard for newbie to install modules for it. CPAN is cool for use for users who’s working in linux, but the most mass of people works in windows and for them needed CPAN with GUI and one button “install this module”

]]> By: Gabor Szabo http://perl.baczynski.com/future/perl-why-not-popular/comment-page-1#comment-39 Gabor Szabo Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:38:20 +0000 http://perl.baczynski.com/?p=66#comment-39 See this blog entry: http://mechanicalrevolution.com/blog/dynamic_languages_and_money.html See this blog entry: http://mechanicalrevolution.com/blog/dynamic_languages_and_money.html

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