I work in Python for my day job. Every day I use PyPi, the third-party package repository, and every time I do I miss CPAN. Sure, there was a lot of crap in CPAN but the repository itself was well organized. And Python's testing framework has finally gotten OK-ish, but Perl always had good test facilities.
I quite like the idea of "what musician is your favorite programming language?" Perl is Captain Beefheart, maybe? Weird, eclectic, brilliant, frequently incomprehensible? Java is definitely Coldplay: it's corporate rock. It's fine. PHP is Nickelback.
Adam