&gt; why use perl these days when there are so many other more modern choices<p>I appreciate that you don&#x27;t mean ill, and in fact wrote your post in support. However i&#x27;d like to point out that this sentiment is a little bit uninformed; both about Perl 6 (as it really <i>is</i> a new language) and Perl 5 (as it still keeps putting innovations in production that other languages have yet to catch up on).<p>Some research and asking about either of these comes with a lot of opportunity to be surprised and delighted. :)