Perl's still used plenty of places, like here at blip.tv, although it may not be as hip as the more modern scripting languages. Java can come close to the perf

Perl's still used plenty of places, like here at blip.tv, although it may not be as hip as the more modern scripting languages. Java can come close to the performance of C, C++ and is taught in most universities these days. The inclusion of the language is appropriate. I will say that I respect the guys that do the C, C++ and even Java more than maybe what I do day in and day out. I've got a pretty damn good grasp on JavaScript, but I'd need a few hours to brush up on pointer and memory management. I just feel like C, C++, Java are a waste of my time. But I do understand the need for the Neckbeards. It's much easier for Sir Neckbeard to jump up to a higher-level language than it would be for me to write performant C code, or even code that simply doesn't segfault on execution. And that is where their power is derived from. I can kid myself all day long that I am great at JavaScript, but I am nothing without the engineers that write the V8 engine in Chrome. They should be compensated accordingly.