"If difficulty itself becomes a badge of honour, you've created a trap: anything that makes the system more approachable starts to feel like it's cheapening what you achieved."
This is a fascinating read on why #Perl lost its dominance. The author argues that the decline wasn't technical, but cultural.
While languages like Ruby and Python focused on being friendly to new users, Perl’s culture often focused on gatekeeping and "earning" your place.
https://www.beatworm.co.uk/blog/computers/perls-decline-was-cultural-not-technical





