In episode #15 of Hypercritical, John Siracusa presented Perl in (largely) a very positive light to what I assume is mostly a non-Perl audience.

I'm including my notes on the discussion below, but I recommend listening to the podcast yourself to form your own impression: http://5by5.tv/hypercritical/15

I couldn't find a discussion area linked from the episode page, but I noticed someone posted it to Hacker News as "John Siracusa and …