Dwindling CPAN Releases

peteretep wrote: post #5

gpvos wrote: post #2

Looks like peak Perl was about 2012-2014. :(

Which is ironic, because even the most ardent Perlies among us were wringing our hands about its inevitable decline well before then.

The rate of increase must have been declining (i.e. rate of rate of increase negative) in order for it to have peaked. This was probably detectable.

Re: Dwindling CPAN Releases

#7

Post by iamnotacrook » Thu, Aug 01, 2019, 8:44 AM UTC

I used Perl for a bit but switched to Python because I was finding it harder to work out what some code I'd written a year or so ago did than to write it again, a problem I don't have with Python.

Re: Dwindling CPAN Releases

#8

Post by l33tman » Thu, Aug 01, 2019, 8:49 AM UTC

Long ago I used to joke that perl is write-only... was that harsh or realistic?

(I still believe it - too clever constructions which feel smart at the time you come up with them :)

Re: Dwindling CPAN Releases

#9

Post by _rrnv » Thu, Aug 01, 2019, 8:51 AM UTC

Consider this: Perl codebase is reaching perfection and no longer needs releases. After this, we get eternal Perl ;)

Re: Dwindling CPAN Releases

#10

Post by benj111 » Thu, Aug 01, 2019, 8:52 AM UTC

barrkel wrote: post #6

peteretep wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which is ironic, because even the most ardent Perlies among us were wringing our hands about its inevitable decline well before then.

The rate of increase must have been declining (i.e. rate of rate of increase negative) in order for it to have peaked. This was probably detectable.

"and rate of rate of increase negative"

Are you a politician? Because that's a very round about way of putting it. :P

If the rate of increase is negative, there is an actual absolute decline. Is that want you were meaning to say?