Please do not reply to my comments. I think it's time to close this and move on.
Ok, my personal summary on this topic: 1. The fact that so many people (including lurkers) responded to this email suggests that it is a subject that's important to them - be it personal, professional, or academic. Conclusion: It would be unwise to for anyone to attempt to conclude a question like this with short answers. The variety of the responses also suggests that Perl is used by many for many intents and purposes. 2. There were many good and interesting points brought up on the relavancy of Perl in today's context. There were anecdotes, personal experiences etc contributed by everyone. Conclusion: Not all points will be relavant in the context of every developer; business environments are not hetrogeneous in all parts of the world. Perl needs to present a 'face' that will work in each of these environments if it wants to remain relavant there. Generally it is doing a fairly good job in that aspect. 3. Throughout the discussion everyone remained reasonable rational, and attempt to comment on facts and personal beliefs. Conclusion: Compared to some other mailing lists I subscribe to, we Perlites are a fairly level headed bunch. Let's give ourselves a pat on the back on this. And stay that way please. Let's move on with new topics of interest please.
