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How would you sum up what perl can or can not do in few words ?
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It does almost everything.

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Would you use perl for programming for NASA space shuttles ?
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Who knows.

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Have you ever read the warning's for Java usage ? Do these apply to Perl also ?
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Nope I haven't read them.

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Half way to Mars -- you get a 500 error , what do you do ?
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No idea what you mean, but first thing is RTFM ;)

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I suppose I should have said Perl is " The Swiss Army Chainsaw " .
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Why?