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in thread Perl 5 interpreter

Proprietary hardware/OS manufacturers won't start investing in keeping up with standards until purchasers and programmers start demanding it of them.

If OS projects like Perl required C99, then the blame doesn't fall on Perl, but the suppliers of antiquated systems software tool chains.

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