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Perl is just C with less type safety.

And yes, for the most part. C++ as simple shorthand for struct-attached functions and automatic memory management (no, not smart pointers; RAAI) is good. Every single thing added after that is misery and should push a modern developer to Rust, Go, or Zig (roughly in that order) where such things are implemented sanely or not at all.

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Funny I think of Perl as Bash with slightly saner syntax plus robust regexp. (said with love)

This is also fair.

The only thing Perl and C have in common is the curly-brace.

And direct access to system calls. And the uncanny ability to look like it's going to do what I want and then five minutes into a run wind up in a small town in Arkansas blind drunk and crying vaguely about fluffy red squirrels taking its sandwich.

But it adds to the charm.

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