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Python isn't that much newer. It came out in 1991, Perl in 1987. It's just gained more popularity in recent years.

It all depends on when you start counting. Python 3 was released December of 2008. That's brand new.

Well, Perl 5 Version 12 came out in April 2010.

yep. which doesn't contradict my phrase "newer or sexier languages"

also, i'd bet more people moved from Perl to Python, than the reverse, since the 90's