[Perl Learning]: Consider Perl as a tool instead of a programming language

Perl vs Python(or some other similiar language) is just like Vim vs Emacs, it is painful to choose which one to learn. Both are very powerful and have tons of fans. At first, I had no idea which one is suitable for my requirement. The first day I think Perl is compact and powerful; The second day, I think the codes written in Python are more readable. After I hesitated for several days between them, I chose Python in the end. But I still had a problem that I don't want to refuse Perl since some features of Perl is really cool: the syntax is compact, powerful and CPAN is very good. In fact, I want to use Perl to do small daily tasks, especially in terminal. Yes! Use Perl as a tool, just like sed,awk,grep, instead of programming language! A powerful and complete tool that includes complete data structure, powerful(maybe the most powerful) regular expression, many functions, lots of modules etc. After thinking it clear, I can not feel better now! ;) Enjoy powerful tools!