[throwaway2037]

Thank you to provide 1, 2, 3 above. I didn't know about these!

I am surprised you didn't mention Perl 11 which is try to mash Perl 5 and 6/Raku together. Is that still happening? Or do I have it wrong?

"How Perl compares to Python": The first thing I tell Perl programmers who are starting to learn Python: There are Perl-style references in Python. (If you are not familiar with Perl: These are a roughly pointers, and can be 'undefined' / null.) In short: You cannot create a reference to a scalar in Python. Perl hackers then scratch their head and ask, "Well then, how do I build XYZ data structure without...?" The easy workaround is a single element tuple or list. "Aha!" Otherwise, Perl programmers can adapt very quickly to Python.

[lizmat]

perl 11 is dead. It was never much more than a mirage by a few people outside of the Perl community. It was definitely not something supported by what is now the Raku community.

[KerrAvon]

Ruby is a much more hospitable environment for ex-Perl people, IMHO.

[collyw]

I was 50/50 in 2011 between Python and Ruby (Django / Rails). Went with python in the end, kind of glad I did. Ruby has fallen off a lot in popularity, while python hasn't. Also Python seems to be a lot more general purpose, while ruby is a lot more web development focused.

[throwaway2037]

Sorry, I cannot edit. I meant to say: There are no Perl-style references in Python.