I recently had to reinstall Mac OS X, and I didn't have the extra disk that gives you a full Perl install.

There I was, with Perl, but with almost no modules, and I had almost no idea what I could achieve with just the Perl application, no extras no modules no nothing.

Just about everything interesting I've ever done with Perl has used one module or other. Where does Perl end and the modules begin? Did I really have Perl if I didn't have the modules that come with it? 


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 =~y~b-v~a-z~s;                             print

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In reply to What could I do with just Perl? by Cody Pendant

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