I use Perl because the community prioritizes backwards compatibility. For the most part, you can run the same Perl script over 25 years of Perl releases, going

I use Perl because the community prioritizes backwards compatibility. For the most part, you can run the same Perl script over 25 years of Perl releases, going all the way back to 5.000. This is one of the most important features for me, and I'm so grateful.