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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Adduser program in C
To: michaelv@HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com)
Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 13:14:32 -0700 (MST)
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> >I was with you right up through the awk, sed, sh, grep, cut..  You
> >lost me at PERL. :-)
> >P.S. I'm already well on record as saying that PERL is the anti-christ
> >of computer languages, so I won't belabor that point here.. :-)
> 
> Well, I have to admit it was a stretch.  But, perl *is* considered a
> de facto Unix tool by most modern sysadmins.

Not to mention the people who write PERL books.

8-).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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