[autarch]

> What's an example of a language that's as bad as Perl, that's used as widely as Perl was, that's still in use today?

PHP? I don't know how widely it's still used, but I'd guess it's more widely used than Perl. Also, PHP is not "as bad" as Perl. It's much, much, much worse. It's Perl without the charm.

[anta40]

I think PHP in general is still popular... even though some of the devs switch to Go...