Java hasn't honoured itself many times and needs third party tools, that are continously improving. Python is growing as well, and so does PHP, that announced a new major release (next summer iirc). Apache is slowing changing, without any kind of problem; people using mod_perl is patiently waiting for version 2.0.

Every tool needs to grow, but Michael G Schwern wrote in http://archive.develooper.com/perl6-meta@perl.org/msg00834.html:

*** You will NOT have to rewrite your Perl 5 programs ***

citing Larry Wall, Apocolypse 1. Is it enough? ;-)

Ciao, Valerio