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Other posters have spoken on the technical reasons not to use Perl. Basically, anytime you have to do something faster than a human can respond in less than (essentially) infinite RAM, you might not want Perl (but Perl will probably still do a decent job).
On another note, a lot of people discuss the fact if all you have is a hammer, everything you see is a nail. A lot of languages are like this. However, Perl isn't just a hammer. It is a complete toolbox, with a bulldozer and 90-foot crane, even! This makes it pre-eminently suited to nearly any job you would want to tackle. (And, frankly, nearly every job you would want to tackle with it, some kind soul already has contributed a module in CPAN to help.) ------ Don't go borrowing trouble. For programmers, this means Worry only about what you need to implement. In reply to Re: Is there ever a time Perl is the wrong choice?
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