Perl saved a lot of projects back in those days, and was pretty much the language of choice in the early internet days. In fact going as recently as 2015, was t

Perl saved a lot of projects back in those days, and was pretty much the language of choice in the early internet days. In fact going as recently as 2015, was the de facto language of choice for server-side/backend applications. Most people in this forum probably work in the internet industry. But Perl was huge in nearly every industry back then. Things come and things go, but some tools leave behind an immense legacy and culture, Perl is one of those tools. It's not going anywhere and will come installed default in a lot of unixy distributions for years to come.