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Perl was (is) a great language, but it's becoming a tad grizzled and doesn't have the close-to-the-machine abilities that make its age immaterial. It was designed to produce reports, but Wall did a great job of migrating it to more serious applications.
All that said, in my opinion, Python will be superior for developing your problem-solving abilities. It isn't exactly calculator versus slide rule, but technology marches on.
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