I can't help it, but each time if I see someone advocating Ruby, it's like
I heard some Python user. Everything is relative to Perl. But if Perl is
the measure, Perl is good enough for me.
Seems Perl is the measure for Perl6 too, just a better Perl by some peoples
measure. So, if others find Ruby to be a better Perl by their own measure,
it stands to reason they'll use Perl when describing it.
I think Ruby's biggest weakness is that's its RAA (cpan equivelant) isn't
as well developed and as standardized as CPAN. I think CPAN remains Perl's
big killer-app. Ruby does have mature templating systems, but as you know,
everyone who invents a templating system does it differently. It doesn't
seem so odd that a particular templating model "X" might not exist in Ruby
and someone would rather see a port of model "X" than use one of the "Y"
or "Z" models already implemented in Ruby.