I don't want to derail this thread, but I want to point out (with kindness and the hope that you'll take this as constructive criticism) that this is exactly the kind of post that earns you downvotes and makes it hard for you to fit in here. First of all, it's not related to the question in any way that I can tell, so that alone could annoy people into voting it down. Second, it really says very little (is any language "textbook-complete," whatever that means?). Yet it manages to sound as if you know what all the developers of Perl intend for it. Try this sentence:

"I like Perl because its focus seems to be on getting things done, more so than on having the most elegant implementation."

See how that said basically the same thing you said, but presented it as an opinion, rather than a pompous and global claim? See how it softened the part that might sound like criticism by leading with the praise? Try couching things more like that, and I think your ideas will be better received. Better yet, stop and think before posting, "Am I just pontificating here, or am I actually trying to help the questioner with the problem at hand?"