Perl

Summary

A high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language known for its text processing capabilities and regular expression support. Perl combines features from C, shell scripting, and other languages.

Paradigms

imperative

Domains

text processing, system administration, web development, scripting, automation, data integration

Key Features

pattern matching, closures, first-class functions, reflection, meta-programming, modules, destructuring, variadic functions, string interpolation

Typing

dynamic system, structural typing, weak typing, partial inference, runtime checking, moderate type coercion, no type annotations

Compilation

interpreted, compiled

Influenced By

C, sed, awk, shell scripting, Lisp, C++, Unix shell, BASIC, AWK

Ratings

File extensions

pl, al, cgi, fcgi, perl, ph, plx, pm, psgi, t

External Links

• Perl official site
• @PerlFoundation on X
• Perl jobs at Devjobsscanner
• r/perl subreddit
• Trending GitHub repositories