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by eduction 1378 days ago
Ya those were my thoughts exactly, and I used Perl heavily for several years.

The number two feature they listed was released more than 22 years ago.

Perl is fine for certain tasks, I have no problem with people who choose to use it, but at a certain point I'd argue it's better to learn a new language than try to use Perl for a new type of task.