> > Perl is unbelievably commonplace, though. You don't have it/use it? I
> > barely remember life before Perl (and for that matter tcsh -- I can't
> > believe I fumbled by on csh all those years in university).
>
> Just as a data point: I have Perl 4.036 installed on this VAX running
> 4.3BSD-Quasijarus, though I don't know Perl and don't use it myself.
> (I installed it because something else needed it, don't remember what.)
> As for the shell, I refuse to install any shell other than those than come
> standard with 4.3BSD (original sh and csh). I personally use sh only.
> That's right, the *original* Bourne Shell.
I suppose there's a time and a place for masochism ...
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