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Perl is essentially a standard on UNIX. In particular, there's a Perl interpreter backed with OpenBSD's base installation[0]. If you avoid recent features (you
by mbivert 3y ago
Perl is essentially a standard on UNIX. In particular, there's a Perl interpreter backed with OpenBSD's base installation[0]. If you avoid recent features (you wouldn't be missing too much), then your Perl code should run with little trouble.
However, in my experience, when I start to feel the need to use something more sophisticated than sh/sed/awk, I tend to shy away from Perl in favor of more "robust" languages. Go often is a good-enough substitute (static typing, single-file deployment, trivial cross-compilation); YMMV.
[0]: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=159041121804486&w=2 https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=159041121804486&w=2