5.2. Perl introduction

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Perl, a feature-rich computer programming language, runs on more than 100 computer platforms and is suitable for a wide range of applications, from mainframes to portable devices, from rapid prototyping to large-scale extensible development.

Perl language has a wide range of applications. In addition to CGI, Perl is used in graphic programming, system management, network programming, finance, biology and other fields. Because of its flexibility, Perl is called the Swiss Army knife in scripting languages.

5.2.1. What is Perl? #

Perl is a programming language designed by Larry Wall and constantly updatedand maintained by him.

Perl has the power and flexibility of high-level languages such as C #. In fact, you will see that many of its features are borrowed from the C language.

Perl is like scripting languages, Perl doesn’t need compilers and linkers to run code, all you have to do is write the program and tell Perl to run it. This means that Perl is ideal for quick solutions to small programming problems and for prototyping large events to test potential solutions.

Perl provides all the features of scripting languages such as sed and awk, as well as many features that they do not have. Perl also supports sed to Perl and awk to Perl translators.

In short, Perl is as powerful as C and as convenient as scripting languages such as awk and sed.

5.2.2. Perl advantages #