Perl did nothing wrong, but I echo the sentiment you have about Rust. Last year I ported a mid size internal project to it as part of a resolution to learn a n

Perl did nothing wrong, but I echo the sentiment you have about Rust. Last year I ported a mid size internal project to it as part of a resolution to learn a new language and the experience left me feeling like it was just me who "didnt get it". Building things took a lot longer, not just in the amount of code, but also the compile time. Ultimately compile time was the dealbreaker. On more than one ocassion I'd have to go back to the git history to remember what it was I had planned to do next.