Re^2: Looking for a module that strips an HTML tag and its associated 'TEXT'

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Re^3: Looking for a module that strips an HTML tag and its associated 'TEXT' by thomas895 (Deacon) on Jul 30, 2020 at 02:01 UTC
Without too much work, you could create an XS module that just uses this code directly. That way you don't need to exec. -Thomas "Excuse me for butting in, but I'm interrupt-driven..."	[reply]
Re^3: Looking for a module that strips an HTML tag and its associated 'TEXT' by perlfan (Parson) on Jul 29, 2020 at 15:04 UTC
Just sharing. I've been surprised at how many people find this incredibly useful. Also, there's nothing unappealing about Perl programs that call external programs unless those programs are also Perl. Not sure when it became discouraged to use Perl for one of the reasons it was originally created on Unix systems.	[reply]
Re^4: Looking for a module that strips an HTML tag and its associated 'TEXT' by hippo (Archbishop) on Jul 29, 2020 at 15:18 UTC
there's nothing unappealing about Perl programs that call external programs unless those programs are also Perl ... or can be trivially reimplemented in Perl. See Hippo's Law of Perl. 🦛	[reply]
Re^5: Looking for a module that strips an HTML tag and its associated 'TEXT' by perlfan (Parson) on Jul 29, 2020 at 16:06 UTC
I am a fan of Unix Power Tools in Perl and a self proclaimed Perl purist. That said, I also appreciate good tools that can be trivially coupled with `perl` the unix way or trivially used in Perl in a variety of ways. I'm not getting baited into an argument that pits me against pure Perl implementations or the utility of knowing how big boys can use Perl to command and control their entire systems.	[reply] [d/l]