Indeed. Perl has many sub-communities. Some "wizards" enjoy obscure syntax. Other people enjoy figuring out new ways to make reusing code easier. Some other other people enjoy talking about testing. Some people do all three. etc., etc.
Basically, "Perl" is a very large community, and different people in the community use Perl for different things. Some just want to have fun and others have real engineering problems to solve and are solving them with Perl. Perl is welcoming to everyone. It's a shame that people think the playful applications of Perl make it unsuitable for real work.
Basically, "Perl" is a very large community, and different people in the community use Perl for different things. Some just want to have fun and others have real engineering problems to solve and are solving them with Perl. Perl is welcoming to everyone. It's a shame that people think the playful applications of Perl make it unsuitable for real work.