Perl Alternatives

Python is a clear and powerful object-oriented programming language, comparable to Perl, Ruby, Scheme, or Java.

Has imperative, object-oriented and generic programming features, while also providing the facilities for low level memory manipulation

A dynamic, interpreted, open source programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity

Go, also called golang, is a programming language initially developed at Google in 2007 by Robert...

Powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language

Dynamic programming language with a syntax similar to Java and C

A concurrent, class-based, object-oriented, language specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible

D is a language with C-like syntax and static typing.

The primary programming language you use when writing software for OS X and iOS

Development

Squirrel is a high level imperative, object-oriented programming language, designed to be a light-weight scripting language that fits in the size, memory bandwidth, and real-time requirements of applications like video games.

A programming language used to build massively scalable soft real-time systems with requirements on high availability

Lightweight, interpreted, object-oriented language with first-class functions