Perl

Perl is a high-level, dynamic, general-purpose programming language. The current major version is Perl 5, with the following up-to-date releases:


 * perl-5.8.9 - stable version
 * perl-5.10.0 - experimental stable.

Perl has many modules and extensions available on CPAN - The Comperhensive Perl Archive Network.

Perl has proven popular for web development (which is the topic of this wiki) as well as for many other tasks, including Bio-Informatics, GUI programming, system adminstration, text processing, prototyping, etc.

Links

 * Perl-Begin - a site for Perl Beginners
 * The Perl Homepage
 * PerlNet - A Perl Wiki.
 * Perl.com - an O'ReillyNet Perl Portal
 * Perl on the wikipedia

Relevant Categories

 * Perl software

Relevant Articles

 * The Evolution of Perl (Web) Frameworks