Much of the problem is that people see things like Perl or Python as holy grails that must not be changed or questioned. This stance mainly comes from these la

Much of the problem is that people see things like Perl or Python as holy grails that must not be changed or questioned. This stance mainly comes from these languages having been installed by default on almost all Unix platforms for the past 25 years. That's quite a long time to bludgeon people into thinking that these things are sacred and fixed. Computerists should not be afraid to try something new at every turn, and then reject that something if it does not measure up. In the short run, change is often scary, but in the long run it is the only way to survive.