First off, "Wanklage" is a good pun.<p>But as someone who has made a decent living the last few years writing new Perl code, I'd have to disagree that it is dead, or that it somehow "only as" practical as Haskell. And while I shouldn't care what others think of something that works perfectly well for my (and my customers') needs, it kind of irks me to hear unkind words from the peanut gallery. No matter, I'll continue writing in a language that lets me express myself as I wish, and they can go back to hurling stones instead of actually doing anything.