I don't really mind either way; the fact you went to the trouble to write the article indicated that the first stage of our marketing work - reminding the world the Perl community was still there and still cared - was complete.
Now it's time to move on; the endless debates about whether a provably growing language is "dying" aren't productive for anybody.
I'd love to see a follow up article from you decrying the features of Perl you hate the most though and describing how you think they could have been done better (or are done better in other languages) - serious technical debate is so much more interesting than "not dead!" "are dead! "not dead" "are dead!", don't you think?
Now it's time to move on; the endless debates about whether a provably growing language is "dying" aren't productive for anybody.
I'd love to see a follow up article from you decrying the features of Perl you hate the most though and describing how you think they could have been done better (or are done better in other languages) - serious technical debate is so much more interesting than "not dead!" "are dead! "not dead" "are dead!", don't you think?