in reply to How do you run Perl on _your_ system?

I use the system Perl on my Linux boxes with local::lib. I need to reinstall all the modules once a year when switching to a new distro (openSUSE) version.

When exploring a possible bug in Perl itself, I compile the latest blead and test it there.

When I needed to install older versions of Perl, I've both used perlbrew or installed them manually from the sources.

If you know what you're doing, you can choose either way. If you don't know, nothing will protect you from problems.

map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]||0,1}[\*||{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^*ARGV,3]

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