Is Perl even close to be on a top ten list of languages that make sense for data science? Not to be nasty to the OP, but the question would maybe make sense +10

Is Perl even close to be on a top ten list of languages that make sense for data science? Not to be nasty to the OP, but the question would maybe make sense +10 years ago. Whats baffling now is seeing Perl as a real competitor to anything.