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Perl's decline was cultural

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393 points todsacerdoti | 2 comments | 06 Dec 25 17:42 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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mmastrac ◴[06 Dec 25 18:11 UTC] No.46175303[source]▶
In fairness, Perl died because it was just not a good language compared to others that popped up after its peak. Sometimes people just move to the better option.
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1. frankwiles ◴[06 Dec 25 18:16 UTC] No.46175334[source]▶
Yeah I think I would have been considered part of the “in” crowd of Perl to some degree and it wasn’t the culture that drove me away and to Python.

It was Django and the people involved with it.

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2. liveoneggs ◴[06 Dec 25 18:24 UTC] No.46175413[source]▶
> and the people involved with it.

Culture?