There are some folks who find a straight jacket comfortable especially as it doesn't allow scratching unseemly itches, and others who like the freedom to decide for themselves which itches are worth scratching. Python and Perl users tend to live in quite distinct camps. The Python police state subscribes to the "One true way" mantra, whereas the Perl anarchy pledges obedience to TIMTOWTDI.

And yes, we do like to think PerlMonks is by far the friendliest and most supportive of all the language specific support sites.

One of the significant advantages of Perl is the CPAN. Other languages have an equivalent, but Perl's user contributed library is the prototype for such things and is more extensive than any similar library I'm aware of for other languages.