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Perl

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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Designed by
Larry Wall
Developer
Larry Wall
Filename extensions
.plx, .pls, .pl, .pm, .xs, .t, .pod, .cgi, .psgi
First appeared
December 18, 1987; 38 years ago (1987-12-18)
Implementation language
C
License
Artistic 1.0 or GNU General Public License version 1 or any later version

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Perl

Nodes321
Edges320
Triples207
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006231
Components1

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Perl

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related to Further reading · 23
Perl → Addison-Wesley, Beginner-level, Beginning Perl, Describes Modern Perl, Dominus, Edition, Effective Perl Programming, Functional, Higher Order Perl, Intermediate, ISBN, Learning Perl, Mark Jason, Modern Perl Archived December, Morgan Kaufmann, O'Reilly, Onyx Neon, Perl Cookbook, Practical Perl, Programming Perl
has application · 19
Perl → Bugzilla, CGI, Craigslist, Debian Linux, DuckDuckGo, IMDb, It, LAMP, LiveJournal, Movable Type, PHP, Priceline, Python, RT, Slash, Slashdot, Ticketmaster, TWiki, Web
related to 2000–2020 · 15
Perl → Apocalypses, At, Comments, GiB, In, Major, March, Request, RFC, RFCs, The, They, Unicode, Wall, When
related to Performance · 14
Perl → Europe, Game, In, Jean-Louis Leroy, Large Perl, Perl's, Python, Ruby, The, The Computer Language Benchmarks, Therefore, Timely Start, Unlike Java, YAPC
related to Syntax · 14
Perl → According, December, English, FAQ, He, However, In, Learning Perl, Perl's, Rakudo Perl, Randal, Schwartz, The Perl, Yes
related to Perl 6 and Raku · 13
Perl → Apocalypses, As, At, He, January, Jon Orwant, Perl Conference, Programming Perl, Proposals, RFCs, Synopses, This, Wall
related to Ports · 12
Perl → Artistic License, Because, Distributions, GNU General Public License, It, Mac OS, MacPerl, POSIX-compliant, Unix, Unix-compatible, Unix-like, With
related to 1990s · 11
Perl → At, Camel Book, In, Initial, It, March, May, Originally, Programming Perl, The, Wall
related to Community · 11
Perl → Christian, Each, Internet-based, Onion, Perl's, State, The, They, Usenet, Wall's, World Wide Web
related to Name and logos · 9
Perl → However, Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister, Pearl, Perl's, Practical Extraction, Report Language, The, Wall, Wall's

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PerlDesigned byLarry Wall1.00infobox
PerlDeveloperLarry Wall1.00infobox
PerlFilename extensions.plx, .pls, .pl, .pm, .xs, .t, .pod, .cgi, .psgi1.00infobox
PerlFirst appearedDecember 18, 1987; 38 years ago (1987-12-18)1.00infobox
PerlImplementation languageC1.00infobox
PerlLicenseArtistic 1.0 or GNU General Public License version 1 or any later version1.00infobox
PerlOSCross-platform1.00infobox
PerlParadigmMulti-paradigm1.00infobox
PerlPreview release5.45.1 / 22 July 2026; 32 days ago (2026-07-22)1.00infobox
PerlStable release5.44.0 / 15 July 2026; 39 days ago (2026-07-15)1.00infobox
PerlTyping disciplineDynamic1.00infobox
PerlWebsiteperl.org1.00infobox
Perlis ahigh-level0.90text
Perlis ahighly expressive programming language0.90text
Perlis alanguage for getting your job done0.90text
Perlis awrite-only language could be avoided by coding with0.90text
Perlis aActiveState tool that adds Perl to the Visual Studio .NET development suite0.90text

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