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Perl is Dead?

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+"Perl is dead" is an urban legend and conspiracy theory alleging +that famous programming language Perl, created by Larry Wall, died +on 19 July 2000 and was secretly replaced by a whitespace-sensitive +look-alike. The rumour began circulating around 2000, but grew in +popularity after being reported on American news site Slashdot in +2005. Proponents based the theory on perceived clues found in Wall +speeches and Perl book covers. Clue-hunting proved infectious, and +within a few weeks had become an international phenomenon. +(paraphrased from Wikipedia…) + +

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+.run benchmark
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+Jokes aside, Perl is not dead. +It is still an excellent choice for a host of applications. +It still has – by far – the fastest startup time among +all its competitors, as you can see in the figure to the right. +Every millisecond counts if you're building a command-line utility. + +

+Furthermore, the language and its community continues to evolve +into the 2020s. Below is a summary of the recent activity of various +Perl forums as of +.eval print scalar localtime, ".\n"; + +

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Latest messages on the perl5-porters mailing list

+.run p5p +
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Latest articles on blogs.perl.org

+.run blogs +
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Latest posts on the /r/perl subreddit

+.run reddit +
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Latest messages on the #perl IRC channel

+.run irc +
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Latest nodes on PerlMonks

+.run perlmonks +
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Latest uploads to CPAN

+.run cpan +
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