After Perl, what? (Revised)

The Problem

Perl's old. And Perl is without shame about adopting every syntax gimmick on earth. Consequently, Perl has accreted enough features that Perl programs are hard to read, making them impossible to maintain. More thoughts on this opacity problem in Gadgetopia http://www.gadgetopia.com/post/1919 and Freshmeat …

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Java - the new COBOL (Revised)