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Yes, I meant Perl 5. Raku is a totally different beast. I got interested in Perl exactly because of its scripting capabilities. I want to replace Bash, sed, awk, etc. with a single, more powerful, language (without having to remember a billion flags/strange syntax).

I think it's fascinating how well it integrates in a Unix system and I find it very nice how concise it can get.

I see! If that's your motivation then Perl sounds like it could be a nice fit for you. It is indeed exceptionally Unixy in my view.

It is unix.

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