Convince me to keep learning Perl

HALP ME! I've been attempting to learn Perl the last few days and I'm starting to have second thoughts. It seems each new thing I come across introduces a new level of confusion. Convince me to tough it out, or not.

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OP here, I already know Java and OOP concepts. Are you insinuating that Java is harder to learn than Perl? Because Java was a pushover.