> Then I learned Perl,
Debatable.
> I write my code carefully
Post history shows otherwise
> It's sad.
Your position is sad, because it is self inflicted, and you feel the need to keep defending this position, post history has you tell people they can run windows XP safely online (they/you can not), assuring people that you know what you are talking about, post history shows usually doubling down on valid critique. 'I know it is dumb but it works for me' isn't something worth sharing with others