Trends come and go, but it's the general purpose languages that remain.
Perl seems to fit in that space that was occupied by the various BASICs in the 1980s, meaning that it was the best glue for everyday tasks. It's quick to write, has the right tools, and plays well with system tools.
In general, in my experience, it's the quality of staff and not the tools that makes the difference. Good management, coders and business-side analysts make a much bigger difference than what language you use.
In general, in my experience, few experienced Perl programmers use vanilla Perl. Almost all of them rely heavily on libraries and write code according to their own knowledge of what's most efficient.
Be wary of the world of trends in programming. It is as fickle as trends in education, interior design or nutrition. Then again, I'm still waiting for the Pascal comeback.
Trends come and go, but it's the general purpose languages that remain.
Perl seems to fit in that space that was occupied by the various BASICs in the 1980s, meaning that it was the best glue for everyday tasks. It's quick to write, has the right tools, and plays well with system tools.
In general, in my experience, it's the quality of staff and not the tools that makes the difference. Good management, coders and business-side analysts make a much bigger difference than what language you use.
In general, in my experience, few experienced Perl programmers use vanilla Perl. Almost all of them rely heavily on libraries and write code according to their own knowledge of what's most efficient.
Be wary of the world of trends in programming. It is as fickle as trends in education, interior design or nutrition. Then again, I'm still waiting for the Pascal comeback.