Perl 5, of course!
It's an awesome language and both the language and the ecosystem is getting better and better all the time
It's an awesome language and both the language and the ecosystem is getting better and better all the time
Also, I have written a couple of reporting scripts to watch over our Active Directory (look for computers that do not exist any more but still have their AD accounts, stuff like that).
Oh yeah, and a couple of Nagios plugins, too.
For these tasks, there are not many languages that can match Perl in versatility and productivity. It's not the prettiest language, but it's extremely useful.
Beyond that I use it for microservices, implement REST-APIs, and also for powering whole sites. With the right framework/modules you can do almost anything.
For example I re-implemented the API my home lights use to communicate, allowing me to use cron to turn off lights via the perl interface.