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> There is a set of languages which are essentially required to be available on any viable system. At present, these are probably C, C++, Perl, Python, Java, an

> There is a set of languages which are essentially required to be available on any viable system. At present, these are probably C, C++, Perl, Python, Java, and Bash Java, really? I don’t think Java has been essential for a long time. Is Perl still critical?

SSLy 10mo ago
It's extremely hard to build any unixly userspace without perl dependencies.
- bmicraft 10mo ago
  I really do wonder who (as in "which packages") still depends on perl. Surely it can't be that many? Edit: On my (Arch) system removing perl requires removing: auto{conf,make}, git, llvm, glibmm, among others.
  - SSLy 10mo ago
    excuse the late reply, but check what requires perl as a makedep
johnny22 10mo ago
critical at build time, not runtime
FieryMechanic 10mo ago
From my experience of building LFS it appears to be needed to built as part of the tool chain. https://linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/development/chapter07/perl.html https://linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/development/chapter07/...