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RIP: The Perl Journal

Posted by chrisd on from the tpj-was-good-for-perl dept.

mbadolato writes "I'm surprised this hasn't been reported yet. Over at use.perl they're reporting that when the current issue of SysAdmin comes out, this will be the last installment of The Perl Journal. It's a shame. TPJ originally was stopped as a stand-alone, but was then included into Sysadmin. Now that's going too. We all owe a big thanks to all the contributers, and to Jon Orwant, for providing us a great resource in TPJ over the years."

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  1. Re:if perl is finally dying by cliveholloway · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    You know what, if I was sober, I'd answer this troll in an interesting way, but I'm pretty drunk, so "Oh Fuck Off" will have to do.

    Sorry.

    cLive ;-)

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  2. booooring by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well considering I stop browsing australia hotels to read this I am extrememly disappointed. Off to browse www.iristours.com.au again. :)

  3. Re:Perl, is FOR COCK FACES ANYWAY!! it really is. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fork you buddy!

  4. Turn on your monitor, . . . by kfg · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    burn sulpher bearing coal that you have to knock down a lot of trees to get to and make yourself more dependent on foreign oil.

    Blimey, this redistribution of wealth is trickier than I thought -Dennis Moore

    KFG

  5. Re:It's a good thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Another instance of moderation being used to hide an opinion. The parent seems to believe that the demise of Perl-related material is that Perl itself has problems which alienate it from mainstream usage, and I would have to agree.

    Instead of subconsciously (-1,Flaimebait)'ing the post for making a valid point, how about asking why so few Windows developers (for example) choose to write in Perl? If it really is a Practical language, it should suit the business-oriented release-needed-yesterday Windows dev shop -- so why isn't it chosen? Why are there a hundred thousand subscribers to a VB journal, but only a few thousand to Perl? Not all Windows developers are stupid, you know.

  6. Re:The Perl Journal story .. in Perl! by daeley · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Too many l334 fr33kz ruining things I suppose. :) Otherwise, well done.

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