But the real queston is not "what is written in x" but "what is written in x that is of any relevance"

Probably a lot more than the pundits think or claim there are. In my employer's IT department, the network group uses Perl extensively. And given that I am the only Perl coder (out of about 50) in the company who has any interest in Perl Monks, I suspect there are a lot more Perl coders working "under the radar".