I hear you.  I stopped waiting for Perl 6 a long time ago; that has freed me to enjoy Perl 5 more fully.  Most of the stuff I do these days is Perl with the Catalyst web and DBIx::Class database frameworks, but I like Rails a lot too and I use it when it's a good fit.<p>I like the Ruby language a lot; the whole method_missing system beats AUTOLOAD hacks and I like Ruby's standard classes and core libraries.  The Smalltalk influence is nice too; I like when an "OO language" feels object-oriented all the way down.