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0 pointsliveoneggs3y ago0 comments

that is super dangerous, just like some other dangerous parts of perl where it can run code during the compilation phase

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btilly3y ago

A lot of languages allow the running of arbitrary code on install, so it is not particularly dangerous that Perl allowed it.

However you have no idea how many bugs got caught because the test run uncovered platform specific bugs. This is exactly what gave Perl a good name for being portable. Doubly so given that Perl always did this, starting back in the 1980s.

zaphar3y ago

Even better is cpan testers who will run your cpan package on the widest variety of platforms I have ever seen. To my knowledge no other package ecosystem will do this.

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btilly3y ago

A lot of languages allow the running of arbitrary code on install, so it is not particularly dangerous that Perl allowed it.

zaphar3y ago

Even better is cpan testers who will run your cpan package on the widest variety of platforms I have ever seen. To my knowledge no other package ecosystem will do this.

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