The primary use case of Perl is systems automation. Personally I prefer Node.js but most Linux distributions come with a Perl interpreter already installed and

The primary use case of Perl is systems automation. Personally I prefer Node.js but most Linux distributions come with a Perl interpreter already installed and not Node. If you are working in an enterprise environment and for security reasons are not allowed to install software, which is common, you can still perform automation with Perl scripts.