Evolving Perl: Where Perl can go and how to get it there
Evolving Perl: Where Perl can go and how to get it there
By Richard Dice from Toronto.pm
Date: Tuesday, 4 August 2009 11:40
Duration: 40 minutes
Target audience: Corporate Perl
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Perl has evolved as a technology for 20+ years, to the point where it is as good a programming language as any. And yet, from the point of view of adoption its use is mostly under-the-radar.
Could there be a Perl/P5EE that could compete with Java/J2EE or C#/.Net for mainstream corporate adoption? The answer to that question is a solid "maybe." But what is clear is that if it does happen it will /not/ be the result of a change in Perl-the-technology. The evolution that needs to happen here is cultural within the Perl community.
I will talk about what a corporate-friendly culture within the Perl community might look like, how it has happened within other Open Source technologies that have achieved ready acceptance and recognition beyond just their own communities, and how The Perl Foundation can play a part in this evolution.
Attended by: David H. Adler (dha), Cosimo Streppone (cosimo), Bartosz Jakubski (migo), Luis Motta Campos (LMC), JJ Allen, Wendy Van Dijk (woolfy), Aristotle, José Castro (cog), André Cruz (edevil), Renee Bäcker (reneeb), Gabor Szabo (szabgab), Patrick Michaud (Pm), Henrik Hald Nørgaard, Thomas Netousek, Markus Pinkert (Bedivere), Manuel Gomes (wagemage), Michael Langner, Ricardo Marques (ricmarques), Jan Henning Thorsen (batman), Darius Jokilehto, Jørgen Elgaard Larsen (elhaard), Bogdan Lucaciu (zamolxes), Pedro Frazão, Nicolas Mendoza (nicomen), Carlos Pires (acmpires), Sue Spence (virtualsue), Tobias Henoeckl (hoeni), James Laver (jjl), Tobias Kremer (soulchild), Herbert Breunung (lichtkind),