Yes.

CPAN contains modules for "everything", which is an enormous time-saver. CPAN also hooks in with automated test-suites, and build-reports for different environments so while the quality of various modules may be variable it is usually obvious very quickly if you're looking at a "supported" module or not. (A poor author will ignore the facilities available to them.)

I enjoy perl, and tend to believe most languages are "crappy". But it is the users who make that a real thing - good code is good code, bad code is bad code, and while a language obviously influences users they tend to be "OK" by default.