It's not a "bad" language, others are more suited for "public" development where you want others to read the code someday. Where expressing your intent to the c

It's not a "bad" language, others are more suited for "public" development where you want others to read the code someday. Where expressing your intent to the computer is all you need, Perl is still unmatched, I think. When you need to please a wider audience then other languages have been found more popularly palatable.