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Andy Lester has written a great article about some of the social and philosophical problems with the Perl world. He says that while Perl 5 is a great technology, has a very comprensive collection of reusable, open-source code called "CPAN", and has a lot to show for, it has suffered from concentration of effort and other such problems.

This, in turn, contributed to the fact that many programmers concluded it was "dead", "dying", "not good enough", or other such negative hype and negative myths. While Lester's article suffers from some problems, it still makes a good read even if you're not an avid Perler.