I wrote Perl (badly) for a few years before moving to Ruby in the mid 2000s. You can really see Perl's influence in Ruby when it comes to text manipulation, ev

I wrote Perl (badly) for a few years before moving to Ruby in the mid 2000s. You can really see Perl's influence in Ruby when it comes to text manipulation, everything you need is likely in the standard library. If you're not yet fully sold on Python, Ruby might be worth a try. It's like Perl's elegant, sensible cousin.