Becoming an Iron Man (en/fr)
I came across a comic that illustrates well, to my mind, the issue with Perl's popularity : XKCD : The secret of the Universe Wherever the place I've worked, Perl was present to one degree or another, often in a crucial place, without its use being advertised or even known. I've long believed, that it was the reason why Perl wasn't as popular as it could be, despite its use. But in fact, no : It's just that the Perl community sucks at marketing ! It's the community duty to promote the language, to bust the myths, to give visibility to the language, for we can see one day more jobs and more formations mentioning explicitly the language. That's why initiatives around Enlightened Perl must be supported : The Iron Man project especially : To post regularly about Perl to give it visibility. (and by the way to achieve the honorific Iron Man status without running 42km, swimming 5km and riding 180km on a bike ;-) ) Then, here it is, by this post...