Perl FAQ 4.20

Yes, you can, since Perl has access to sockets. An example of the rup program written in Perl can be found in the script ruptime.pl at the scripts archive on ftp.cis.ufl.edu. I warn you, however, that it's not a pretty sight, as it's used nothing from h2ph or c2ph, so everything is utterly hard-wired.

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