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I never got into Perl, but I understand why it was popular.
Sure it’s possible, but it’s therefore also brittle, when someone touches it and is not a complete expert.
Shell is nice not because of the shell language, but the ease of executing and chaining other programs.
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I never got into Perl, but I understand why it was popular.
Sure it’s possible, but it’s therefore also brittle, when someone touches it and is not a complete expert.
Shell is nice not because of the shell language, but the ease of executing and chaining other programs.