There has been much to say about Perl improving in TIOBE during 2025 and ending in the top 10 which is roughly where things were around 2016.

Many things are working well in the Perl community and we should expect to be seeing them paying off.

For example:

• The Perl Steering Committee is now several years in and is working effectively


• New releases continue their consistent, predictable, and reliable cadence


• Backward compatibility is still a priority, and breaks happ…