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Perl has traditionally been a sysadmin-glue language, so I think it is worth mentioning in that context. Sure it might not be the new-shiny, but it still works

Perl has traditionally been a sysadmin-glue language, so I think it is worth mentioning in that context. Sure it might not be the new-shiny, but it still works, and thanks to CPAN there is a hell of a lot of Perl code out there, neatly packaged and available for use.

SwellJoe 14y ago
The mentions of Perl do seem pretty heavy-handed. I'm a Perl developer in the sysadmin space, too (working on Webmin, Virtualmin, and Cloudmin), and I think it's awesome to see new tools being written in Perl. And, I agree that Perl is still the best tool for the job for many sysadmin tasks. But, you probably don't need to mention it 20 times (yes, it's mentioned 20 times; a half dozen times in just the first few sentences) on one page.
- stevekemp 14y ago
  I'll update the documentation to be less .. heavy-handed. Thanks for the comment.
  - mst 14y ago
    The tone you're probably aiming for is "well, it's a sysadmin tool, obviously I wrote it in Perl" :)