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		creer 7 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Perl's decline was cultural > in 2026, it'll be 11 developers writing it over 11 years. Perhaps too, a tool that's been around and in active maintenance for 11 years has been wildly successful.

pavel_lishin 7 days ago [–]

I wouldn't say "wildly". I would say that it's critical enough to the company's workings that they devote enough resources to it to keep it going, but not enough resources to consider re-writing it or re-factoring it to be easier to work on.

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