That being said, there has always been an element of snobbery in the Perl market--I remember trying to persuade the authors of the second edition of Programming Perl, back in 1996, to pay more attention to the web. I was told that web programming was "trivial" and didn't require any special treatment. Of course, languages like PHP, which considered the web to be central, eventually came to occupy that niche. If book sales are any indicator, PHP is twice as popular as Perl.
In terms of the competitive landscape among programming languages, in addition to PHP, Python has long been gaining on Perl. From about 1/6 the size of the Perl market when I first began tracking it, it's now about 2/3 the size of the Perl book market.
Not that i prefer PHP over Perl, I don't... but I felt like linking snobbery to some of Pedro's posts. I won't. ;-)
i call it 'the facts'. please argue with them, i'd love to see that. por pfig a 8 Julho 2005 - 16:09
"The Facts"
"The facts" are that both Perl and PHP suck - but for web programming PHP sucks less.
Try arguing against these. por Nuno a 8 Julho 2005 - 16:56
snobbery?
ah, 'arguing with a balloon of hot air'. how i missed it.
as usual, no facts, only fud. por pfig a 8 Julho 2005 - 18:09
facts are boring and get in the way
on second thought, if you don't know shit about what you're talking, it's natural to just throw in the 'clever' sentence and maintain the 'wise man' status. those who can do, those who can't 'teach'.
and now for a pint, i've had enough of idiots for a week. por pfig a 8 Julho 2005 - 18:15
Sure...
pfig, I find it interesting that someone who has admitedly been reading on design patterns and Java (which are both clearly targeted at object orientation) can still argue about Perl's lack of structure. You either know fuck all about design patterns and object orientation, or just can't accept that there's more to the world than $,@ and %. Honestly, you're the idiot here - just try joining the London OO group. Grow up. por Nuno a 8 Julho 2005 - 18:51
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