Is Perl dead?
Deaditude Score:
41.4%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Your boss loves it. That should tell you everything.
*Data last collected: 29 Apr 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.
🔬Component Breakdown
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Hacker News
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github
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YouTube
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stackshare
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google_jobs
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stackoverflow
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GitHub Vitals
Open Issues2199
Latest Releasev5.41.12 (21 Apr 2025)
Avg PR Age768.1 days
Stack Overflow Stats
Unanswered
5
Accepted
11
Avg Views
116
Reddit Activity
How to have diacritic-insensitive matching in regex (ñ =~ /n/ == 1)
r/perl13
(dxlv) 5 great CPAN modules released last week
r/perl7
New to Perl. Websocket::Client having an issue accessing the data returned to a event handler
r/perl2
Community Pulse
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 29 Apr 2025 | 41.4% |
| 25 Apr 2025 | 28.4% |
| 20 Apr 2025 | 28.9% |
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