On May 11, 2011, at 4:26 AM, Paul Johnson wrote:
>> I wonder what you urgently need that isn't in 5.8.8? Yes, 5.10/5.12 has
>> a few nice things in it, but nothing life-changing.
>
> I suppose the biggest things aren't really language features as such.
> 5.14.0 will very shortly be released. That will also mark the end of
> official developer support for 5.10.x, let alone 5.8.x. This is
> probably most important should any security problems be found.
Excellent response, as well as all the others. Bottom line for me is
that I'm just tired of Perl being treated like the ugly stepchild. Whenever I
talk about our script, once people hear that it's written in Perl, they usually
just say, "Oh...". Then the next question inevitably is "Why don't you write
it in PHP?"
I'm sure everyone here is well aware that, in some circles, Perl has
gotten a reputation of being a dying language and I believe that hosting
companies are partly to blame. Heck, A2 hardly even mentioned Perl on their
website until I finally got ahold of a sympathetic ear there back in 2007.
Back on topic, I have some good news to report. I hear that Pair
Networks is in the process of upgrading their servers to 5.10.1. Does anyone
know of any others?
Marc
BTW, does Larry (or anyone else) try to persuade hosting companies to keep up
with the latest versions of Perl? If not, that might be a good strategy to
implement (I know - easier said than done). However, if end users were to see
their hosts actively promoting Perl, it would go a long way to relieve their
anxiety over paying for Perl scripts. Unfortunately, perception is everything.
=:\
One more thing: I was just told that cPanel, which is written in Perl, is stuck
at 5.8.8. If that's true, then that could be the cause of a lot of hosts only
offering 5.8.8. Since cPanel is so popular, maybe they should be prodded to
upgrade.
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