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biomcgary
on April 20, 2023
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Why Perl?
If you work on Linux or MacOS, you can generally count on the interpreter being present. Even minimal installs of Linux tend to include Perl. Python might be as ubiquitous, but Ruby certainly isn't.
pjmlp
on April 21, 2023
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It might, but you better be sure it is the right version.
AnimalMuppet
on April 21, 2023
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If he's mainly using it for one-liners, how version dependent can it be? (I suppose it may depend on how long a line he's willing to type...)
pjmlp
on April 21, 2023
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Depends on what is being called on that line.
https://perldoc.perl.org/perl#History
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