In article <vke8u3$1rdnq$1@dont-email.me>,
Ed Morton <mortonspam@gmail.com> wrote:

On 12/23/2024 4:57 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 07:26:15 -0600, Ed Morton wrote:

Awk is a mandatory POSIX tool (and so available on all POSIX-compliant
Unix-y systems) with a tiny but powerful language focused on just text
processing, perl is none of that.

Perl is all of that, and more. Text processing is very much the raison
dtre for Perl. Because it turns out it can get quite complicated.

Is perl a mandatory POSIX tool? No.
Does perl have a tiny language? No.
Is perl focused on just text processing? No.

So, is perl a mandatory POSIX tool with a tiny language focused on just
text processing? No, as previously mentioned, perl is none of that.

Does it feel like you are explaining things to a four-year-old?

Because I think you are. And doing a fine job of it.

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