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Perl more common than vi? The study you’re remembering probably didn’t include POSIX utilities.
by gnubison 4y ago
Perl more common than vi? The study you’re remembering probably didn’t include POSIX utilities.
- mdaniel 4y agoWith the full understanding that "docker images" are their own special little things: $ docker run --rm ubuntu:22.04 bash -c 'command -v ex; command -v ed; command -v vi; command -v perl;' /usr/bin/perl and the same result for "debian:stable" --- edit: I just realized that's because apt is _written in_ perl, but tomato, tomahto, and it may very well be that they picked perl for that same universal-binary reason
- gnubison 4y agoHuh, interesting.