jari.aalto(a)poboxes.com (Jari Aalto+mail.emacs) writes:
 We only need to take a look at the number of people that are
 supporting Perl modules compared with the number of people
 supporting Emacs lisp modules (and programs) and it's easy to
 calculate ratio of 50:1. Check traffic in perl groups vs. Emacs.
 
 If we had Perl as extension language, a vast number of potential
 programmers might step in. 
Thanks, but: no thanks.
BTW, when you do the Perl-vs-Emacs groups ratios, don't forget to
discount the noise.  I wonder how many more useful replies people are
getting on Emacs groups, compared to Perl.