I don't get it. You compare Perl to a London Broil, but you complain that people would rather program in PHP because it is more like a McDonald's Hamburger. Inexpensive, easy to get and bad for your health. Should we grind up a London Broil and make it more like a cheap burger because that is what most people eat? I hope not.

PHP is built more on a direct approach, most people have a hard time visualizing programming in an abstract manor( like an MVC model) because they don't have the experience. PHP fits with most peoples thinking when they getting into something new, it is simple and easy to see short-term results.

The question becomes, do they develop a need or a desire to take a different approach when it becomes apparent that what they are doing is not a long term solution. Most programmers stop learning and stick with what they know, even if it is not productive( they are happy with McDonalds and happily eat it 3 times a day every day).

Other people decide they want to move onto something better, we will always have Perl, the London Broil. Lets not try to make Perl something that it is not (PHP). There is a reason for both existing.