Is Larry falling behind?

[Paul Makepeace]

On 10/28/06, lists at notatla.org.uk <lists at notatla.org.uk> wrote:
>
> " ...a team of Perl Developers who are pushing the boundaries of the Perl language."
>    ( from http://www.jobserve.com/EAC6FFAE5F7C0E5DA.job )
>
> To which I think the reply is "What boundaries?".

Er, being able to iterate over a list of tuples without dereferencing?

Run in a webserver reasonably quickly without leaking memory?

Become a highly regarded programming language?

P