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Re: Its time we set the score straight on Perl 5 and Perl 6and debunkour own self generated FUD.

From:
Ask Bjoern Hansen
Date:
June 18, 2006 21:35
Subject:
Re: Its time we set the score straight on Perl 5 and Perl 6and debunkour own self generated FUD.
Message ID:
449622BC.7000104@develooper.com
Tom Horsley wrote:

> I just don't think it [Perl] is remotely
> maintainable by anyone other than the original
> author, and I think that is a major roadblock
> for enterprise type production use.

Leading enterprises like Amazon, Ticketmaster, Yahoo, Morgan Stanley,
Bank of America, DreamWorks Animation and Pixar would disagree (to take
a random few that have posted to jobs.perl.org or are known perl users).


   - ask

[1] I suspect Pixar and Dreamworks uses Perl to drive test suites or
build processes.  I've no idea what BofA uses Perl for.

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