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in reply to Re: Perl losing momentum ?
in thread Perl losing momentum ?

In some sense, you're right. So many people now feel that Perl 5 is being phased out "soon" anyway, that investing in it doesn't make much sense. So, the smart people with patience work on Perl 6, and those without patience just switch to Ruby.