Perl was on my "want to learn" for 25 years. This year I finally had a project that really only could be in Perl, due to a library dependency, so I was kinda forced. It has been an fun and pleasant experience.

I've done a few small Perl script in the past month, mostly just to try out things and learn a bit more. I'm surprised how robust the code turns out, without me trying. The Perl syntax is a little all over the place at times, but it's incredibly powerful.

Overall it's probably not a language I'd use at work, unless I have to, but for hobby project I would pick Perl again. It has put some of the fun and humanity back in programming.