I wonder, how much of PGs point apply in 2019. This article seems very old, and I would honestly be surprised, if anyone would choose Perl over Java in 2019. it

I wonder, how much of PGs point apply in 2019. This article seems very old, and I would honestly be surprised, if anyone would choose Perl over Java in 2019. its one think to hack and totally another thing to build production quality system where people are depending on it.