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in reply to Re: RFC: A Primer on Writing Portable Perl Programs
in thread RFC: A Primer on Writing Portable Perl Programs

Of course, portabit over 7 platforms is only half of the story, as the eighth platform accounts for about 90% of all deployed machines ;)

(and yes, that number is pulled out of the air and just exists to illustrate the different goals of portability)

Update: McDarren spotted a typo