They ought to look at a lot more than web sites (although I've written plenty of Perl CGI, and can understand why people would still use Perl). Perl 5 is used

They ought to look at a lot more than web sites (although I've written plenty of Perl CGI, and can understand why people would still use Perl). Perl 5 is used extensively to automate tasks at companies; for example, in the semiconductor industry. I've found that most of the engineers working in design are basically fluent in Perl, and choose it for anything serious. I've also seen TCL used, but that's mostly because so many tools support only TCL APIs. Python has caught on in some places, but it is still mostly appealing to pure software developers.