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morkalork
on July 25, 2023
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The Fall of Stack Overflow
Perl is a good example because it's stagnant. Googling Python or Java? If the result is up to date, it's a low quality content farm. If it isn't from a content farm, it's a page from 2008 that is no longer relevant at all!
labster
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Perl has TIMTOWTDI as a core principle so most of its users are not going to complain about doing things the “wrong” way.
arcanemachiner
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"There Is More Than One Way To Do It"?
ajsnigrutin
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> stagnant
I would call that "stable" :) Or "good enough, that it doesn't need constant fixing" :)
morkalork
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Fair enough!
jacquesm
on July 25, 2023
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I'd suggest 'mature'.
morkalork
on July 25, 2023
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In its mid-thirties and settled down?
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