-> try: perl -v
-> 

No can do.  No telnet allowed.


-> at this point it doesn't make much difference, i just looks like they
don't
-> have perl installed right, or there are problems with their current
-> installation...

That is true.  They have to develop "workarounds" since they have a very
unique security issues to deal with.
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