What is the reason for Perl?

Explain to me if you can why Perl is something I should use in
replacement to say C++ and a native API....
I say "if you can" because I'm interrested in your bull***.
After 2 years newbie Perl (forced on me). I know the breadth
of it and the power boils down to package interfaced dll's
to the os by an extroidnary amount of contributors who don't
know when to hold off publishing, in lieu of the misguided
fame (and down in flames) it is thought (in their heads) to
bring.

C++ and native API, without complex workarounds (for
Perl language shortcomings the modules exhibit) is
about a thousand percent more reliable and faster.

Why should anybody invest time in a guessing game such
as Perl. Not Perl per-say, but modules that leave you
very short in the bottom line?

Let the bull*** begin .........->
.