I don't think anything has happened to Perl. Instead, the popularity of all its alternatives has exploded. edit: I can count the number of Perl scripts I have

I don't think anything has happened to Perl. Instead, the popularity of all its alternatives has exploded. edit: I can count the number of Perl scripts I have used at my job (0). I cannot count the number of Node and Python scripts I have used at my job (there are too many). The niche has been filled.