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Why Developers are Abandoning Perl
“Out of ~800 positions, exactly 1 is for Perl.”
- By Mohit Pandey
It is not new that a language is slowly abandoned by its developers, given the rapidly changing world of coding, an unforgiving job market, and the influx of AI coding tools. Facing that fate now is Perl, with developers moving on to modern alternatives, driven by poor readability, shrinking community support, and an aging ecosystem.
Posts from Reddit, LinkedIn, and technical blogs paint a grim picture for the once-popular scripting language. Declining job opportunities and mounting maintenance challenges are sounding the death knell for Perl.
A user on Reddit summed up the sentiment, saying, “Perl is famous for its one-liners, but not for writing large programs.”
The comment echoes across countless threads bemoaning Perl's syntax and maintainability. Others pointed to t
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Mohit Pandey
Mohit writes about AI in simple, explainable, and often funny words. He's especially passionate about chatting with those building AI for Bharat, with the occasional detour into AGI.
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