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Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Though Perl is not officially an acronym, there are various backronyms in use, including "Practical Extraction and Reporting Language".
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perl | Designed by | Larry Wall | 1.00 | infobox |
| Perl | Developer | Larry Wall | 1.00 | infobox |
| Perl | Filename extensions | .plx, .pls, .pl, .pm, .xs, .t, .pod, .cgi, .psgi | 1.00 | infobox |
| Perl | First appeared | December 18, 1987; 38 years ago (1987-12-18) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Perl | Implementation language | C | 1.00 | infobox |
| Perl | License | Artistic 1.0 or GNU General Public License version 1 or any later version | 1.00 | infobox |
| Perl | OS | Cross-platform | 1.00 | infobox |
| Perl | Paradigm | Multi-paradigm | 1.00 | infobox |
| Perl | Preview release | 5.45.1 / 22 July 2026; 32 days ago (2026-07-22) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Perl | Stable release | 5.44.0 / 15 July 2026; 39 days ago (2026-07-15) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Perl | Typing discipline | Dynamic | 1.00 | infobox |
| Perl | Website | perl.org | 1.00 | infobox |
| Perl | is a | high-level | 0.90 | text |
| Perl | is a | highly expressive programming language | 0.90 | text |
| Perl | is a | language for getting your job done | 0.90 | text |
| Perl | is a | write-only language could be avoided by coding with | 0.90 | text |
| Perl | is a | ActiveState tool that adds Perl to the Visual Studio .NET development suite | 0.90 | text |
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