Well, there are languages I learn to improve my mind, and to improve my craft. As far as the mind goes, perl is nothing new (on the mind to-learn list: Haskell,

Well, there are languages I learn to improve my mind, and to improve my craft. As far as the mind goes, perl is nothing new (on the mind to-learn list: Haskell, OCaml, Eiffel, Erlang). Craftwise, it looks very useful.