[goldenkey]

Perl is the defacto standard for this kind of stuff. It's easier here because the DLL is Objective C instead of pure C.

[orf]

Has Perl been the defacto standard for anything in the last 10 years?

[goldenkey]

Yes, it's still the defacto standard for writing exploit or vulnerability POCs.

[orf]

Not that I’ve ever seen - the mantle has passed to Python (or Ruby) a while ago.