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Re:Aho – a Git implementation in Awk by dgfitz on Sunday February 11, 2024 @06:59AM (#39334432)
> Perl is installed by default on most Unix systems. FreeBSD being the exception. Python isn’t.

Most all “Linux” cannot even boot without python, and it is quite easy to find a minimal Linux distribution that does not have a dependency on Perl.

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Re:Aho – a Git implementation in Awk by GrumpySloth on Sunday February 11, 2024 @09:18AM (#39335137)
Care to give any examples of Linux distros without Perl?
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