Perl is installed on all Macs. Mac is the dominant computer in schools. Most children have a Mac or access to one. They also have Apache and freakin mod_perl! Kids everywhere are being encouraged to learn programming. Connect those dots and we could produce Perl savants by the million. Why the hell are Perlmonks shitting on this golden opportunity?
Don't forget your roots. Apache is a very high performance web server for 99% of use cases--despite some people's religious devotion to whatever happens to be considered "the best". Almost every gigantic corporation now dominating the web was created by some kid with a laptop in his spare time.
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The only one "shitting on" your proposal is you with your poisonous, backwards attitude and delusion that any disagreement comes from "religion" and not experience. Mod_perl is not the future, it is the past. CGI is not a best practice. Monolithic, kitchen sink architecture like it and apache is a dead end. Your stats about Mac are garbage and I'm a dyed in wool, 5 iPhone, 9 Mac owning shill for them.
https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-vs-apache-our-view/ sums it all up nicely. Here's a pull quote, for others, I'm aware this will make no dent in your clearly ossified gray matter‐
In 2013, nginx was the most popular web server amongst the 1,000 busiest sites in the world. In 2014: the 10,000 busiest sites. In 2015: the 100,000 busiest.
The section following about monolithic versus dynamic is enlightening for anyone looking to learn or expand skills.
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Mod_perl is not the future, it is the past. CGI is not a best practice. Monolithic, kitchen sink architecture like it and apache is a dead end.
How much does The Python Software Foundation pay you to troll Perl sites to dis-courage us? Everyone knows Nginx is a lightweight proxy that hides the juicy app servers running some Apache project. Apple ships relatively up to date Perl, Apache and mod_perl because they kick ass, and so smart people can use them.
- My search engine is Perl: duckduckgo.com/hiring/#open
- My bookings are Perl: blog.booking.com
- My shopping came from Perl: amazon.com
- My wiki? Thank you Perl: wikipedia.org
THE NEXT BIG THING? Could easily be written by some little girl on her macbook using built-in Perl and Apache/mod_perl!
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