Perl is one of those "expected" utility languages everybody (developers) should have some familiarity with. I don't think it's generally considered for app deve

Perl is one of those "expected" utility languages everybody (developers) should have some familiarity with. I don't think it's generally considered for app development. But if somebody needs to do some quick, 1-off data processing, a person that knows a bit of Perl can knock it off in a small fraction of the time as somebody that doesn't. I have a hard time hiring developers that don't know at least a smattering of the Rubbish Lister.