> I'm learning perl right now and I'm bewildered at how could I overlook it for such a long time. perl is really great at what it's great at. I say that's anyt

> I'm learning perl right now and I'm bewildered at how could I overlook it for such a long time. perl is really great at what it's great at. I say that's anything with a substantial need for text manipulation and regex handling and/or anything with a lot of interaction with other CLI tools. There is no other language that makes such tasks as quick and painless as perl. It's a wonderful tool in the toolbox. Not one I use most often but when it's needed, it's awesome to have.