Coming from shops that were all about Java, Rails, and C# (but using Python myself), I was surprised at how much new (performant) Perl my current company genera

Coming from shops that were all about Java, Rails, and C# (but using Python myself), I was surprised at how much new (performant) Perl my current company generates. This is probably part of the reason for my new found love of Awk. Perl is still a viable language, and a lot of the choice comes down to taste.