Welcome to Perl

Perl was developed by Larry Wall in 1987 while working for System Development Corporation/Burroughs/Unisys because he needed it. Larry is an interesting person.  His father and grandfather were preachers.  He was planning on being a missionary, so he studied linguistics.  It shows through in Perl.

Perl” stands for:

Licenses:


Why Perl?


Simple Run with Simple Output

A program can be as simple as:

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