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Python is what you want. You can install it on just about any system.
Other than that maybe Lua but that will be hell.
Perl and bash are already there, no need to install anything.
Perl isn't normally preinstalled by Python is. (On Linux)
Try it now - go on. Type "perl" and tell me what you get.
And if you're so certain it's not used, try removing it and see how well your computer works afterwards.
Welp, can't argue with that
If you just run perl it will sit waiting for input. Try perl --version
It isn't installed
I know that because I installed it as it was a dependency of Buildroot.
Edit: My bad I must of been thinking about a Perl library
Once git no longer depends on it, it'll be gone from my system
Um, exactly the opposite on all the distros I use. All Enterprise Linux distros, Suse and Debian.
Is this the case? I don't feel like I've ever had to install Perl but I've had to install Python plenty of times and I use both pretty frequently on a daily basis. Not to mention a newer version, older version, 2.7.4 instead of 2.7.3.
Python 2 is no longer supported and shouldn't be used.