Perl is a messy, maddening programming language, the “duct tape of the internet.” But at least you can tell it was made by humans.

An experiment by computer science researchers shows that Perl, a major commercial programming language, is no more intuitive to use than a fake language with a completely random syntax. What gives?

To be clear, the Perl programming language's official website, perl.org, remains secure and intact. Perl.com, unfortunately, is also used as a mirror or backup for distributing modules via CPAN.

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News Creator Promises Perl 6 Will Be First Truly Extensible Programming Language By Joab Jackson July 25, 2008 Perl creator Larry Wall promised version 6 of Perl will be the first truly extensible ...

Tons of tools and projects still make use of Perl, but PHP, Python, and Ruby have stolen its programming thunder Back then, I posited that Perl 6 might change things, put a new shine on an old ...