Two main aspects of Perl that have always drawn me time and time again back to it are (1) the get-it-done mentality (there's more than one way to do it, and wha

Two main aspects of Perl that have always drawn me time and time again back to it are (1) the get-it-done mentality (there's more than one way to do it, and what really matters is completing the job) and (2) the huge repository of modules that is CPAN. Evaluating other environments along those lines yielded interesting frustrations. In my opinion, the real contender is node.js, thanks to its minimalist approach on many things, and NPM. Note: I'll admit that Node forces you to be as async as possible, but it's for a good cause so I can turn a blind eye on it. :)