Perl shines once you start using all its thoughtful but quirky features and shortcuts. Eg iirmc, how $_’s value always makes sense given the the surrounding co

Perl shines once you start using all its thoughtful but quirky features and shortcuts. Eg iirmc, how $_’s value always makes sense given the the surrounding context. Those people who get there tend to become Perl diehard fans. You only get to appreciate that once you invest a fair bit of time writing Perl code. In the heyday of Perl, a lot of people got there because frankly there few other options. Today, there are lots of scripting language options that are arguable easier to pick up so far fewer people reach Perl Nirvana. I do have to say I miss how Perl modules have sensible names that at least try to describe what they generally do.