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| − | Perl is a computer language developed by Larry Wall in 1987 who was working for NASA as a systems administrator at the time. The two languages in the Perl family as of now are Perl 5 and Perl 6. Perl is known for being a powerful and flexible computer language dubbed the “Swiss Army Chainsaw,” of scripting languages. Perl was dubbed this nickname due to its power, flexibility, and ugliness. It’s flexibility has attributed to its motto, “There’s more than one way to do it.” Perl’s code is often used as “duct tape,” for other codes on the web and is known as the “duct tape of the internet.” Perl is also used for many other reasons such as CGI animation, GUI development, web development, system management, network programming, and more. | + | |
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| + | Perl is a computer language developed by Larry Wall in 1987 who was working for NASA as a systems administrator at the time. Perl continues to be updated as of 2018, however seems to be losing popularity to Python. The most common association with Perl is a camel originally published in ''Programming Perl''by O'Reilly Media. | ||
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| + | The two languages in the Perl family as of now are Perl 5 and Perl 6. Perl is known for being a powerful and flexible computer language dubbed the “Swiss Army Chainsaw,” of scripting languages. Perl was dubbed this nickname due to its power, flexibility, and ugliness. It’s flexibility has attributed to its motto, “There’s more than one way to do it.” Perl’s code is often used as “duct tape,” for other codes on the web and is known as the “duct tape of the internet.” Perl is also used for many other reasons such as CGI animation, GUI development, web development, system management, network programming, and more. | ||
Revision as of 20:18, 17 September 2018
Introduction
Perl is a computer language developed by Larry Wall in 1987 who was working for NASA as a systems administrator at the time. Perl continues to be updated as of 2018, however seems to be losing popularity to Python. The most common association with Perl is a camel originally published in Programming Perlby O'Reilly Media.
The two languages in the Perl family as of now are Perl 5 and Perl 6. Perl is known for being a powerful and flexible computer language dubbed the “Swiss Army Chainsaw,” of scripting languages. Perl was dubbed this nickname due to its power, flexibility, and ugliness. It’s flexibility has attributed to its motto, “There’s more than one way to do it.” Perl’s code is often used as “duct tape,” for other codes on the web and is known as the “duct tape of the internet.” Perl is also used for many other reasons such as CGI animation, GUI development, web development, system management, network programming, and more.
