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> 
> Even though p5 is admittedly a superior language, p4 is better for the
> base distribution because of size.  Think of it as a stanadardized
> PERL subset for small installations.

Has anyone ever considered using 'miniperl' to do the basics?

/bin/miniperl anyone?