The idea that there is some under-appreciated, reliable technology that's already solved a lot of problems people are trying to address today is compelling to me. In fact, I've learned that I almost need to actively ignore short pieces of advocacy in order to keep them in perspective.
"Modern Perl" is an improvement on the coding styles that earned statements like "write once, read never". However, I think it is relevant to read "The Mid-Career of the Perl Programmer"[1] written by chromatic, who wrote the book on Modern Perl.
Realistically, the audience for this article will probably be people who are starting out with programming in addition to their primary job skills. Someone else further along probably isn't likely to choose one programming language for a career specialty.
While you can use Perl for automation, scripting, and data analysis as easily as you could in the past, there are additional tools available now. I feel that choosing Python, R, or Julia, depending on the task, maybe even VB.net is going to get people up and running faster, and also end up being a better starting point for doing more later if people get inspired.
"Modern Perl" is an improvement on the coding styles that earned statements like "write once, read never". However, I think it is relevant to read "The Mid-Career of the Perl Programmer"[1] written by chromatic, who wrote the book on Modern Perl.
Realistically, the audience for this article will probably be people who are starting out with programming in addition to their primary job skills. Someone else further along probably isn't likely to choose one programming language for a career specialty.
While you can use Perl for automation, scripting, and data analysis as easily as you could in the past, there are additional tools available now. I feel that choosing Python, R, or Julia, depending on the task, maybe even VB.net is going to get people up and running faster, and also end up being a better starting point for doing more later if people get inspired.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7373038