I think that you make some very good points here, jcwren. The is a purpose for every language. I think that maybe thew key issue here is that the language adapts to your skill. What I mean by this is that if I become very, very good at Perl, I will be able to push Perl to do anything (aside from writing a bootloader or something) I want it to. I can definitely see this quality in Perl.

Another good point that you had was about the ability to make mistakes in other languages. I suppose one just has to be concious about what is going on behind the scenes if one is using a certain method or practice that has any significant impact on the program.

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