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in reply to Re^2: Should I use carp/croak or warn/die
in thread Should I use carp/croak or warn/die

Actually, "carp", used as a verb, meaning complain, has been in use since the 1500s, so is long past the slang stage.

However, "croak" is still considered a slang term.