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393 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 06 Dec 25 17:42 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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Perl6/Raku killed Perl.

Python 3 almost killed Python.

It's normal. Once a community loses faith, it's hard to stop them from leaving.

1. Todd ◴[06 Dec 25 18:51 UTC] No.46175645[source]▶

Yep. Perl 6 was a wall that Perl 5 would never move beyond. It’s still Perl 5 25 years later.

Perl's decline was cultural