Good point Macphisto, I never thought of it that way. I guess I like Perl because of the Culture that revolves around it. Other languages seem dry, boring, and devoid of life (key word is "seem"...don't kill me). It is one of the most helpful Cultures that I have experienced...and amusing.

Also, Perl's versatility and applicability in the Real World is super! When I was stuck learning Scheme, I was thinking to myself, what am I doing? The only good thing this language is good for, IMHO, is recursion, and while that is a noble cause, it's not noble enough. I nearly puked when I saw CGI "done" in Scheme. Perl can handle pretty much anything you throw at it and do it well (ie not all kludge like).

In addition to all this, Perl is fun to code! What other language can you make puns and double entendres in while you code? (BTW, that was a rhetorical question.) I code in Perl because I *want* to, not because I *have* too.

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