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It's a simple tool with no dependencies besides perl (which will be around forever) and no cybersecurity footprint. Even if it were to be abandoned for a decade
by mid-kid 3y ago
It's a simple tool with no dependencies besides perl (which will be around forever) and no cybersecurity footprint. Even if it were to be abandoned for a decade it would still work fine and serve a purpose. There also exists no better alternative for symlink-farm style management.
Where do you people keep coming from?
- fiddlerwoaroof 3y agoPerl is not web scale
- jjgreen 3y agoNo, it's bigger than that https://xkcd.com/224/ https://xkcd.com/224/
- mid-kid 3y agoWhat does this even mean??? It's a command-line utility, why does it matter?
- RGBCube 3y agohttps://youtu.be/b2F-DItXtZs https://youtu.be/b2F-DItXtZs
- HeckFeck 3y agoPerl is like the language of a sophisticated lost civilisation, its arcane incantations frightening to the current generation. But the achievements of that civilisation are unmistakable.
- Dalewyn 3y ago>Where do you people keep coming from? The future.