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		fmakunbound on June 24, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Perl 7 is going to be Perl 5.32, mostly According to the Modern Perl author, Five things Perl (Still) Gets Right: * Compatibility * Quality * Usability * Scalability * Availability https://pragprog.com/titles/swperl/

timwaagh on June 24, 2020 [–]

Mostly the last one. It's included by default with most linuxes and cygwin. So even if your boss hates you and doesn't let you install anything you can still write scripts.

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