Guys don't forget perl stands for Practical Extraction and Report Language, and that is what it still beats all other languages at. For any other use, Perl is

Guys don't forget perl stands for Practical Extraction and Report Language, and that is what it still beats all other languages at. For any other use, Perl is great in the hands of a mature developer, and disastrous in the hands of a novice. It's really important to set yourself a rigid coding style and rules in perl, otherwise it's all over the shop.