Does anyone else encounter ignorant stereotypes and criticism of perl?

It has happend to me. I just shrug it off and go on. No need to let it ruin your day or even your career. There are bigots of every stripe. I am considered a fanatic where I work because I refuse to use the "corporate standard build" on my laptop which consists of WinXp. I refuse to knuckle under to the evil empire and use their crapware.

I once, believe it or not, was rejected as a candidate for a position with a very prominent company because I refused to call Perl something other than a programming language because the interviewer's opinion was that a programming language by definitiion was strongly typed. She felt that by listing Perl as a programming language on my resume that I was misrepresenting fact somehow.

I frequently tell people that "if the only tool in your toolbox is a hammer then all your problems are going to look like nails." I have always been a believer in using the right tool for the job. If Perl is the right tool for the job and about 90% of the time for me it is then I use it. I also use PHP, C, C++, Bash scripting and yes even BASIC. I also code in PIC, 6509, 8088, 8051 and 680000 assembler code. As a matter of fact I have been known to write Perl scripts to generate assembler code for certain tasks.