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Re:Why does OpenBSD still include Perl in its base installat... by captn3m0 on Saturday May 30, 2020 @08:30AM (#23360691)
Yeah, for scripting, PHP can easily be more readable, especially because of its amazing (sometimes confusing) Standard library.

It lets you parse INI files in a single call for eg.

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Re:Why does OpenBSD still include Perl in its base installat... by tankenmate on Saturday May 30, 2020 @09:24AM (#23360989)
As does Perl if you use Config::Inifiles or Config::INI::Reader (depending on whether you want a full blown solution or just a quick INI file => hash solution).
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