2006-04-09 08:34:32 +02:00
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Perl is a general-purpose programming language originally developed
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for text manipulation and now used for a wide range of tasks including
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system administration, web development, network programming, GUI
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development, and more. The language is intended to be practical (easy
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to use, efficient, complete) rather than beautiful (tiny, elegant,
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minimal). Its major features are that it's easy to use, supports both
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procedural and object-oriented (OO) programming, has powerful built-in
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support for text processing, and has one of the world's most impressive
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collections of third-party modules.
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