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Here's a graph with postings for jobs.perl.org from jan/2002 to aug/2010:

(source http://jobs.perl.org/about/stats)

Look like Rails took a big bite out of Perl jobs?

In 2008? I can think of other explanations for a drop in hiring around then.

Hey, wasn't that the year the economy started to go south? .... Obviously, people stopped employing people in Perl, and the economy took a steep dive because of it!. Use Perl! Save the economy!.

( nb. for people with no sense of humour, this was a stab at people who don't understand that correlation != causation )

Calm down guys, I counted the years wrong - I thought the drop was taking place in 2006-7, when Rails was growing quickly. Also, it was a guess, which was why I used a "?"

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