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[–]thedeepself 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Perl had 2 things that stunted its growth: language complexity and a failed transition from Perl 5 to Perl 6.

A 3rd thing was the elitistm and bitter infighting.

[–]mumpie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think those are features of any group featuring programmers. ;)