This is false.  I, for example, run lynx, and on two
separate occasions
 I have looked into convincing it to support SSL; in each case, I got
 about four levels deep in tools-to-build-the-tools before running into
 a requirement for something ridiculously heavyweight - perl, I think -
 and abandoning the attempt. 
Perl is unbelievably commonplace, though. You don't have it/use it? I
barely remember life before Perl (and for that matter tcsh -- I can't believe
I fumbled by on csh all those years in university).
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