Perl far from dead, more popular than you think | Linux Today

Perl far from dead, more popular than you think

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 8, 2009

“More sites (and apps) using Perl When the subject of Perl was
brought up here at the Pingdom office, we were not sure how widely
used it is now in 2009, especially on the Web. That’s why
decided to dig around a bit, which in turn led to this article. The
above websites are just the tip of the iceberg, though. Here are
even more examples of sites making extensive use of Perl:

The Register
Vox
Magazines.com
BBC
Zappos.com
Craigslist
Delicious (At least it used to be coded in Perl, these days
we’re not sure.)


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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