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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi all,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">OK, we all know on this list that on a technical level, Perl is definitely NOT dead.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">But on a social level, it is really in danger of dying, because there are fewer and fewer young programmers entering the community, and fewer companies investing on Perl for important projects. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">So it's a common duty for all people who love Perl to seize every opportunity to market it to the outside world ; just sitting there and shouting "we are the best" is not enough.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The Plat_form contest is a unique opportunity to demonstrate and publicize the power of Perl, so this is why we decided to submit a Geneva team ; and we are lucky that our managers agreed to give some money, and to take some days out of our internal development project for going to the contest. It is just too sad, and actually quite worrying, that there aren't many other Perl teams.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">By the way, maybe we will also find out that Perl is not the best, and that other platforms have much better results --- that's a risk we are taking, but will be a very instructive lesson to learn.</FONT></P>
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<P><B><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial">Laurent Dami</FONT></B><BR>
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