This position only really holds up if you don't know either language well. For example, I guess you didn't know there are PHP and Perl REPLs? And robust OO cod

This position only really holds up if you don't know either language well. For example, I guess you didn't know there are PHP and Perl REPLs? And robust OO code is not only possible in Perl, but there's tens of thousands of very reusable Perl modules that have stood up over time much better than Python or Node modules have.