> PERL, for instance -- a language nearly 25 years old -- > seems to be updated with less frequency than PHP, While there was a discernible lull in the mid-2

> PERL, for instance -- a language nearly 25 years old -- > seems to be updated with less frequency than PHP, While there was a discernible lull in the mid-2000s, development of Perl 5 is in surprisingly good shape right now. Also, it's not an acronym.