I'd say it's the language that you personally know the best. (Because then you won't constantly be checking syntax.) Perl actually had really good pattern mat

I'd say it's the language that you personally know the best. (Because then you won't constantly be checking syntax.) Perl actually had really good pattern matching, and Perl 6 has a lot of crazy new features -- but if you don't know of them or how to use them, it doesn't help.