Avoiding the EPIC FAIL: Improving Software Development Success With ActivePerl

It is easy to sympathize with software developers trying to build large, complex enterprise software solutions. At the start, a software development project is like a smooth sheet of ice: full of possibility. It's a clean slate, free from architectural flaws, bugs, and broken code. But once the first line of code is written, complexities begin to layer one on top of the other. Before one knows it, the software project looks more like the aftermath of a hockey game than a pristine ice surface. This paper, presents the open source Perl programming language as a solution for avoiding typical software development foibles.