You've inspired a reverse golf challenge, ignore all simple, portable solutions, what's the most convoluted way to achieve the goal :)
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my $text = `lynx -nolist -dump 'https://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=11157915'` :)
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That's far too Effient. The purpose of such a challenge is to deliberately make it convoluted. Think Rube_Goldberg_machine. In real terms, not everyone has lynx, not everyone can install it on their web host.
Update: added link.
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fair enough. But the problem of converting html to text can be solved with varied success especially if heuristics are applied, so the more options the better. That's why I keep adding to the list, though the mech-to-pdf was more joking than solving.
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Indeed, and my comment wasn't intended as a criticism, rather an opportunity/idea of the inverse golf/Rube Goldberg solution to problems. In so much that code golfing is an exercise, as is a needlessly convoluted one that generates a suitable response.
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