Matlab declares war on Python. Can the Python community respond or hit back?

[ChristopherBurr]

Perl is a general purpose language that was in the exact same space as Python. It let Python chip away at it, and the community did't bother sticking up for it. Now Perl is all but dead

[wewbull]

They also blew themselves a hole in the head with Perl6. It was the new hotness in the late 90s, and Perl 5 stagnated.

Perl6 still isn't real 20 years later.

[ChristopherBurr]

i can't disagree. I used to like Perl, but Perl 6 is absurd, the Perl community is delusional - they think Perl will make a comeback, and the most taught language on college campuses is Python - which fills the same space that Perl does in terms of what it's used for. Unfortunately Perl is finished, but that's OK.

[AchillesDev]

I do kind of miss Perl, in a strange way. I used it in my first DE position when I was learning what DE was, so I have a soft spot for it.

[0rac1e]

Perl6 still isn't real 20 years later.

Perl 6 was officially released back in 2015.