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wxkn on Jan 14, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: A Complete Course of the Raku programming language

That's true, but it's worth mentioning that using the regexes in perl is quick and even fun to write. They are built-in to the language. some people find it very convenient.

jrumbut on Jan 15, 2021 [–]

Also the Perl community has been pushing the boundaries of regex and text processing generally.

If you find yourself in a place with frequent one-off text wrangling or Unix admin problems some Perl knowledge is worthwhile.

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