A bizarre opinion to be sure. Python is vastly more readable then Perl and is far easier to write as well, hence so many educators in schools reaching for it.
I can understand a love of Perl by folks who love a good puzzle, or who are interested in "code golf" (trying to get something done in the fewest number of characters).
But those are not great traits for a general-purpose programming language. I agree with the other response: "Python just forces you to write code that's better for the team."
