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lmm on Feb 24, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ruby 2.1.1 is released and Ruby turns 21

IMO Perl was as popular 6-7 years ago as Ruby is now. Today... it's not dead, but I wouldn't want to be a monoglot Perl developer looking for work.

randallsquared on Feb 24, 2014 | [–]

Maybe 12-14 years ago? Perl's heyday was the turn of the century, I think.

vinceguidry on Feb 24, 2014 | [–]

Is there a such thing as a monoglot Perl dev? I've never heard of it.

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