I love using Perl too (the real one, not Raku) for the same reasons, except I haven't even been using it as long as you (only 4 years or so). One other thing y

I love using Perl too (the real one, not Raku) for the same reasons, except I haven't even been using it as long as you (only 4 years or so). One other thing you can do with Perl is transition very smoothly from one-liner, to stand-alone script, to multi-module systems, as your requirements get more and more complex. I think the visceral reactions people claim to have to the syntax and other warts are rather sad. Perl certainly has warts but with some determination you can get used to them and become much more productive as a result. I am not a big fan of OO in general, and it seems the major complaints against Perl include the object system and nested references. I happily avoid those features, and this may be why I don't resonate with the Perl criticisms.