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>>todsac+(OP)
In fairness, Perl died because it was just not a good language compared to others that popped up after its peak. Sometimes people just move to the better option.

>>mmastr+53
Exactly. Perl did regexes very well. It did basic hash tables okay. It did everything else poorly.

Once languages came along that did okay regexes and good hash tables along with getting other stuff decent, Perl just got pushed aside.