Perl Vs Python/Rust: Is Rewriting Ethical?
Perl's decline sparks debate on ethics: should legacy systems be rewritten in newer languages like Python or Rust, potentially harming the Perl community?
Originally published at Perl Weekly 707 Hi there! A week or so ago I posted on LinkedIn asking the rather rhetorical question, if I should offer a service helping companies move from Perl to Python or Rust. The comment I got is that I should not as it hurts the Perl community and that it would be unethical to rewrite something in an inferior language. I admit, this comment really annoyed me. Instead of arguing I published another post asking if it would be ethical to wtite anything in Perl which is, I guess the flip side of the above comment. Now that post got a lot of comments. Some really va...