"Scripting" is a pretty vague term. If you mean quickly writing one-off programs, then there are many languages that are just as good as Perl, if not significan

"Scripting" is a pretty vague term. If you mean quickly writing one-off programs, then there are many languages that are just as good as Perl, if not significantly better. It's pretty clear that Perl does not hold the prominence it once held in the 1990s. So, yes, it is clearly becoming a less-enticing option for a lot of people, whether you're willing to admit this or not.