[samatman]

This was where perl really shined.

Still can, if you want it to. I'll admit my perl chops have rusted clean away.

But it used to be something you could rely on having, and never had the dependency hell problem that's plagued python, for whatever reason.

Also never went through the 2-to-3 transition tsuris, instead opting to make its sequel the Duke Nukem Forever of programming languages.