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by 6keZbCECT2uB 506 days ago
Partly in jest, you can often find a Perl / bash available where you can't find a Python, Ruby, or Cargo.
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Not sure why that's in jest. Perl is pretty much everywhere and could do the job just fine. There's lots of former (and current) Perl hackers still around.