Perl
Perl is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language with over 30 years of development. Perl runs on over 100 platforms from portables to mainframes and is suitable for both rapid prototyping and large scale development projects.
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About Perl
Perl v5 is a high-level general purpose programming language invented by Larry Wall and first released in 1987. It is an eclectic interpreted, procedural, loosely typed language. Its popularity peaked with the rise of the World Wide Web, though it remains widely used in Quality Assurance, IT infrastructure automation, text processing, bioinformatics and web application development, just to name a few areas. It is highly flexible, but this flexibility can have a follow-on maintenance cost.
Perl also has:
- minimal built-in object support, but interesting 3rd party OO
- first class functions
- closures
- a powerful built-in regular expression engine
- the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN), a massive library of user-contributed modules
Every well-known Unix and Unix-style operating system ships with Perl included.
Key Features of Perl
Vibrant community
Be they Mongers, Monks, or residents of Planet Perl - they are eager to share knowledge and tips.
Embeddable
The Perl interpreter can be embedded into a wide variety of systems like web servers and databases.
Multi-paradigm
Code your way. Full support for functional, procedural, and object-oriented programming.
Easily Extensible
Leverage over 25, 000 modules available on CPAN, or write your very own for distribution.
1st class text & Unicode
Powerful tools for HTML XML, and all manner of natural languages. Full Unicode support baked in.
Duct-tape of the internet
Underpinning the web since the beginning. The general purpose language for getting things done.
Vibrant community
Be they Mongers, Monks, or residents of Planet Perl - they are eager to share knowledge and tips.
Embeddable
The Perl interpreter can be embedded into a wide variety of systems like web servers and databases.
Multi-paradigm
Code your way. Full support for functional, procedural, and object-oriented programming.
Easily Extensible
Leverage over 25, 000 modules available on CPAN, or write your very own for distribution.
1st class text & Unicode
Powerful tools for HTML XML, and all manner of natural languages. Full Unicode support baked in.
Duct-tape of the internet
Underpinning the web since the beginning. The general purpose language for getting things done.
