All those idiosyncratic moments were taken into Javascript right from Perl. Perl can do this and much more. And Perl codebase is huge. Perl is used quite heavi

All those idiosyncratic moments were taken into Javascript right from Perl. Perl can do this and much more. And Perl codebase is huge. Perl is used quite heavily at Amazon, Booking.com and Yahoo, among others. Say what you want about Perl, but it is fun and hacker-friendly. I enjoyed it for many years.