Started with Perl, always loved it, never understood the hate. I feel like after Perl you can write in any language. I'll never forget writing Python the first time and searching for a Data::Dumper alternative...
If you don't have a reason to use it then I don't know why you would but I think it's the best tool if you're using Linux. It's certainly better than using shell commands and managing various syntaxes between shells and command lines.
I began in the 8-bit age, with BASIC and eventually a small collection of languages under CP/M (not much call for BCPL these days). I met Ada and of course "new" ANSI C at Uni, but I wrote most production code in Perl than anything else. Probably because we built an ISP out of it in the 90s. After many years more or less away from any serious hands-on coding I've now returned with the help of Claude... to Perl. Mostly for personal projects and research. Glad to see some noteworthy public donations.
People are still using Perl for large project in 2025?
Look, I don't hate Perl. It was my first real language beyond basic that I used for a long long time. But Perl's popularity peaked in the late 90s? Early 2000s? The failed Perl 6 adventure was about the time that people started fleeing elsewhere, like PHP.
What about maintaining the codebases that got written 25 years ago? Those still exist and needs care to stay operational. Sometimes there’s no point rewriting to the next trendy language, although it can be obligatory, if it’s impossible for the company to find skilled workers, because everybody moved to a different language ecosystem.
Just in case you're still looking for Perl devs, feel free to drop me a note. I already applied earlier this year, but you went with somebody else back then.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 38.9 ms ] threadI got close 20 years ago, but "things".
That said, how does DuckDuckGo get that money?
There's also this polished three-hour introductory lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb-j1rxs7sc
Combine that with reading up on details in the reference and you're in for a decent start. https://docs.raku.org/reference
Look, I don't hate Perl. It was my first real language beyond basic that I used for a long long time. But Perl's popularity peaked in the late 90s? Early 2000s? The failed Perl 6 adventure was about the time that people started fleeing elsewhere, like PHP.
These types of donations to open source initiatives should be publicized and encouraged to have brands see it as a worthy way of gaining supporters.