Editing Portal:Perl History (section)

=== The Perl Community Roadmap and perlcommunity.org ===

In the 2020s, renewed attention turned toward Perl advocacy, education, recruiting, public organization, and community rebuilding. One expression of this effort is '''perlcommunity.org''', which presents the '''Perl Community Roadmap''' as a collection of centralized plans and resources intended to be implemented and distributed through decentralized Perl Mongers groups and other Perl community efforts.<ref>Perl Community Roadmap, https://perlcommunity.org/, accessed July 3, 2026.</ref>

The site describes goals including Perl education, Perl jobs, Perl applications, accessibility, performance, marketing, and committees focused on specific areas of activity. Its listed committees and initiatives include Science Perl, Perl::Types, education programs, career mentorship, accessibility, performance, awards, and marketing.<ref>Perl Community Roadmap, “Committees,” https://perlcommunity.org/committees.html, accessed July 3, 2026.</ref>

perlcommunity.org also presents '''The Perl Community''' as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Austin, Texas, and states that the Perl Community Roadmap is a free public service maintained by volunteers.<ref>Perl Community Roadmap, “Committees,” https://perlcommunity.org/committees.html, accessed July 3, 2026.</ref>

A major activity associated with perlcommunity.org is the '''Perl Community Conference'''. The conference has been promoted as a community event for Perl users, developers, and advocates, including hybrid participation and talks across technical and community topics.<ref>Reddit, “r/perlcommunity,” https://www.reddit.com/r/perlcommunity/, accessed July 3, 2026.</ref>

The organization also promotes the '''Science Perl''' effort, including a Science Perl Track and the Science Perl Journal, with the stated goal of increasing scientific activity and publication-quality work in Perl.<ref>Perl Community Roadmap, “Committees,” https://perlcommunity.org/committees.html, accessed July 3, 2026.</ref>

The Perl 6/Raku split and the failed Perl 7 rollout help explain why later Perl advocacy has emphasized clarity, independence, and practical usefulness. Rather than presenting Perl as a language waiting for a grand replacement, newer community efforts increasingly present Perl as a mature, working language with its own future, its own users, and its own institutions.