RE: scripts, I find Golang better and better for this nowadays. Uber-fast compilation, to the point of it being acceptable to just instead do `go run your_thing.go` even, and you have access to a very solid runtime and many libraries for most of what people usually need.
I don't argue with the portability and longevity of Perl but it too has its problems.
I don't argue with the portability and longevity of Perl but it too has its problems.