Perl is actually relatively easy to learn and get productive with. You can write it in several transitional styles depending on where you are coming from, and t

Perl is actually relatively easy to learn and get productive with. You can write it in several transitional styles depending on where you are coming from, and the community doesn't care all that much. It's a little bit like using "Basic English" [1] to program with. But it's a really deep language, and not necessarily in ways that academic language designers want it to be. Perl always feels more like having a conversation with your computer than programming it. These kinds of operators are like having a whole host of additional highbrow verbs you can use in conversation if you want. 1 - https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page