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		kingkongrevenge on Aug 4, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In defense of Perl. I think your assertion of community decline is baseless. It probably hasn't grown as have others, but it's not in decline. It's also a fairly nice and quiet place to get things done without a riot of newbie noise.

jrockway on Aug 4, 2008 [–]

This isn't really true. Ever read Perlmonks? There are tons of newbies. The IRC channels are the same way.

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