[bakatubas]

I think that is true regarding language popularity—but not their viability for intended purpose.

Perl is a great example because although it has its quirks and the ecosystem shows some age, there really isn’t anything like Perl. It is a very good language for interacting in the console and with data of many types. It’s $_ variable which is based on implied context (much like in language we short-form speech when context is implied). Those are features something like rust (or go) simply isn’t designed for.

Hell, people still use and enjoy programming in C or Basic or Pascal. They just aren’t “popular” because developers are eager to put their comp-sci to use and invent more languages :)