Re: Perl, the new generation

Bryan C. Warnock writes:
> I think the biggest fear isn't that Perl is going to grow out of its niche, 
> but that it's going to outgrow it.  It's great that Perl has been able to 
> expand to be so many things to so many people, but not at the expense of 
> forgetting its roots - of the whole Right Tool / Right Job that it came 
> from.

In that case, how exactly has it forgotten its roots?  I mean, in what
way is it not as useful as it was before?

Nat