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Re:“C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success” – Dennis R... by moffkalast on Sunday July 09, 2023 @08:16AM (#36653848)
Yeah to my great annoyance I didhave to grep for an ipv4 address with a perl regex the other day. But for any actual scripting it's basically dead.
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Re:“C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success” – Dennis R... by enriquto on Sunday July 09, 2023 @09:17AM (#36654224)
> for any actual scripting it's basically dead.

Run "file /usr/bin/* | grep -i perl | wc -l" on your computer. You will be surprised.

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