>>>>> "Woodchuck" == Woodchuck <djv@bedford.net> writes:

Woodchuck> Perl has obviated the need for some sort of interactive interpreted
Woodchuck> system language. Bash has some new and expanded features, but not
Woodchuck> enough to make its use compelling.

Since discovering Perl, the longest thing I ever write in any shell
script is .profile, and that's annoying enough, and making me wish
I could just cut the cord and use Perl as my login shell.

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