[byoung2]

Perl is kind of the "C of scripting languages". It's been around for a very long time (late-eighties/early-nineties). The fact that modern languages, like Ruby, borrow from a language that was invented in the late-eighties says a lot about that language.

Perl seems like such an old language...it's hard to believe it's only been around 23 years. It goes to show you how quickly things change in the tech world.