What Killed Perl?

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Perl is not dead, and its popularity remains stable, similar to the dotcom bubble era.
Newcomers to Perl have been decreasing since 2011, but the language is still widely used.
Raku (formerly Perl 6) did not significantly impact Perl's momentum.
Perl's decline in favor may be due to generational shifts in programming backgrounds and preferences.
Modern programmers, raised on Microsoft systems, Visual Basic, and Java, may prefer languages like Python.
The ease of accessing diverse programming languages today reduces Perl's necessity compared to the 1990s.

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