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How widely is it used these days? When I was at university in the second half of the 90s -- and was first introduced to Unix -- it was the thing everyone who wanted to do more than send emails and browse the web used. Now I can see why PHP has taken over for website development, as it is a lot more user-friendly, and Linux had become a lot less CLI-dependent but for anything that involves processing text data, it is still a great, fast and simple tool to use. It is my main tool in my job, which involves email processing and a bit of web development, and I wouldn't want to use something else. However, when I talk to people who know a a bit about programming and stuff and tell them I mostly use Perl, they stare at me as if I just told them I browse the web using Quarterdeck Mosaic. So do people still use Perl professionally? Privately? Are new people (say at uni) still learning Perl? Martijn. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html