I don't suggest Perl because I wrote a book on Catalyst. I wrote a book on Catalyst because I suggest Perl.
Anyway, here's what Perl has going for it:
* a larger group of core contributers
* an order of magnitude more modules (and module authors)
* Moose
* excellent Emacs support
* higher average level of proficiency among core team, and module authors
Ultimately, CPAN is the reason for using Perl. But after doing a lot of work in Python, I do really appreciate the things that Perl has built-in, too, like all-encompassing regexes.
Anyway, here's what Perl has going for it:
Ultimately, CPAN is the reason for using Perl. But after doing a lot of work in Python, I do really appreciate the things that Perl has built-in, too, like all-encompassing regexes.