Perl is a fascinating example because it was so ahead of its time, so innovative, forward-thinking, so wonderful, and so loved, and yet today is looked upon wit

Perl is a fascinating example because it was so ahead of its time, so innovative, forward-thinking, so wonderful, and so loved, and yet today is looked upon with such disdain. I remember people battling for Perl positions and being so happy to get them! Now you can't even find people that admit to knowing Perl ;-) Someday I want to study this and really understand what happened.