Perl's decline was cultural

i disagree, python is Just Better. ive never used perl but ive had to install it due to some antique tools requiring it, and every time its been an incomprehensible mess. i still have no idea how packages work in perl. also, it seems like everything in perl is a string? and the syntax looks like a mess.

maybe its painful for guys to admit that languages could be a lot better designed, and when such langauges appeared, everyone flocked to them.

> also, it seems like everything in perl is a string?

It's actually somehow even worse than this. The Perl type system is honestly ridiculous. Most veteran Perl developers don't fully understand it.

https://blogs.perl.org/users/leon_timmermans/2025/02/a-deep-... is a good introduction.