There are few things, which I really miss, while using Perl over the years. I see it at perlmonks and around the web for various things, yet I become hesitant to learn something new and continue my practices. There could be many reasons, no-need-to-change mentality, other responsibility, adding little to existing code and making workable solutions etc..

I feel that, there are few things which I really miss, that would have made me a better programmer. I guess that new things always come to the market and in the back of my mind, I will continue to have these feelings. Updating myself on contineous base could be a nice project, but than current requirement and needs always take priority over learning "new and/or proven, but might be very useful" technologies.

Do you feel same way? What is the next action?