Perl's lack of a built-in REPL is an incomprehensible design choice.
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@lispi314 It's because the devs hate anagrams, and frankly I agree 😂

@johnabs I hadn't considered that, but they could've just called it a console if need be.

The inability to get rapid feedback is obnoxious when trying to wrangle out awk-style shenanigans.

@lispi314 I was just being silly, I agree that practically every language needs a REPL, especially as a lisp fan, lol.

@queenofhatred @lispi314 Agreed, I just wish their documentation was better 😭

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