Perl got lost in arguments over whether to adopt a meta-object protocol (MOP) in the core and if so, which one. That and the endless variants of Moose just too

Perl got lost in arguments over whether to adopt a meta-object protocol (MOP) in the core and if so, which one. That and the endless variants of Moose just took TIMTOWTDI to ridiculous extremes. Meanwhile PHP and Rails were eating Perl's lunch.