:::At the very least, I want to fit a "three Ps" reference in here. I wouldn't mind a short description of whatever alternative languages are included, which would mention that PHP isn't as powerful as Perl. I also wouldn't mind if Python was the only alternative listed. 

 :::I'm surprised there's no programming language comparison on Wikipedia. Maybe I'm not looking in the right place. Maybe I'll ad an external link to one. If it's a good one, then an alternatives section wouldn't be as important. 

 :::I think there's a place in this article for Perl bashing, but that would be in the cons section. I think alternatives should be mentioned in every programming language article. Python's article already mentions Perl. 

 :::There are no veils here. I haven't been a fan of Perl for a while, and I'm even less of one lately, but I won't surpress anything good that anyone has to say about Perl unless it's untrue or clearly doesn't fit in the article.