User:Pero

Interesting programming languages

• Perl
• Perl 6
• PHP
• Python

Programming ecosystem

Good programming language definition and implementation is nothing without equally good helper libraries (sometimes called API), clear and handy documentation, and finally - availability of good IDE also goes a long way.

Perl

Perl have it all:

• good helper libraries - http://www.cpan.org/
• clear and handy documentation - http://perldoc.perl.org/index-language.html
• Eclipse is a fine multiplatform IDE, there is plugin for Perl - http://www.epic-ide.org/