Why Hate Perl - Discussion on the Portland Pattern Repository's Wiki. - http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WhyHatePerl
Is Perl Difficult? - Author Paul Presocd says Perl is hard to learn, and suggests Python as a useful alternative. - http://www.prescod.net/perl/whynot.html
Why We Hate Perl - Multiple opinions, most of which are negative, of the language. - http://c2.com/cgi-bin/wiki?WhyWeHatePerl