Perl is still required for compiling autotools, openssl, nasm, etc. As such, is likely to be around for a long, long time Python is sometimes required for com

Perl is still required for compiling autotools, openssl, nasm, etc. As such, is likely to be around for a long, long time Python is sometimes required for compiling software, too, but projects like the ones mentioned above requiring Perl have not switched to Python