A thought-provoking statement with nary a shred of evidence. Where I think you might have a good point is our experience with learning Perl is overwhelming good because of the general attitudes and helpfulness of fellow monks. We also feel good for knowing that a solution to an otherwise gnawing problem is usually short-at-hand.

We humans tend to remember the positive stuff and forget the bad; and the more positive the experience the more strongly we associate these feelings. Certainly for me learning Perl has been as great a joy in learning as any other subject in my lifetime.