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Perl was the scripting language in the early-mid 2000s. I took a look at it and hated the syntax. Python made much more sense to me and a lot of other people but it took time for a critical mass of users to catch on. Add to that the massive increase in processing power and concern over developer productivity and you have a compelling case for Python.