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Multiple opinions, most of which are negative, of the language.
http://c2.com/cgi-bin/wiki?WhyWeHatePerl

Author Paul Presocd says Perl is hard to learn, and suggests Python as a useful alternative.
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Is Perl Difficult?  I think that people should use easier languages (in particular Python) rather than more complex languages (in particular C and Perl I did not go into detail about what I consider a complex language or one that produces unmaintainable code....
http://www.prescod.net/perl/whynot.html

Discussion on the Portland Pattern Repository's Wiki.
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WhyHatePerl