> Maybe it's a dep for another package? Random pedantry: the list on that page is the stuff where people have typed `brew install perl` (or `brew upgrade perl`

> Maybe it's a dep for another package? Random pedantry: the list on that page is the stuff where people have typed `brew install perl` (or `brew upgrade perl`) and it hasn't been pulled in as a dependency. As to why: I have no idea :D