Perl

E95185

general-purpose programming language high-level programming language programming language

Perl is a high-level, general-purpose programming language known for its powerful text-processing capabilities and use in system administration, web development, and scripting.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Perl canonical	52
Perl 5	4
Perl programming language	3
CPAN ecosystem	1
PL/Perl	1
Perl (programming language)	1
Perl (via interface)	1
Perl 4	1
Perl 6	1
Perl interpreter	1
Perl language design	1
Perl language reference	1
Perl programming	1
Perl syntax	1
PerlScript	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T805102 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Perl
Context triple: [Codex, supportsLanguage, Perl]

A. PDL
PDL is a former name for USL League Two, a North American pre-professional soccer league that serves as a key development platform for college-aged and aspiring professional players.
B. PyPy
PyPy is a high-performance alternative Python interpreter featuring a Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler designed to significantly speed up the execution of Python programs.
C. Python
Python is a monstrous serpent or dragon from Greek mythology, best known for being slain by the god Apollo at Delphi.
D. Python
Python is a high-level, versatile programming language widely used for data analysis, machine learning, web development, and automation.
E. Ruby
Ruby is a dynamic, object-oriented programming language known for its elegant syntax and its use in the Ruby on Rails web framework.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Perl
Target entity description: Perl is a high-level, general-purpose programming language known for its powerful text-processing capabilities and use in system administration, web development, and scripting.

A. PDL
PDL is a former name for USL League Two, a North American pre-professional soccer league that serves as a key development platform for college-aged and aspiring professional players.
B. PyPy
PyPy is a high-performance alternative Python interpreter featuring a Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler designed to significantly speed up the execution of Python programs.
C. Python
Python is a monstrous serpent or dragon from Greek mythology, best known for being slain by the god Apollo at Delphi.
D. Python
Python is a high-level, versatile programming language widely used for data analysis, machine learning, web development, and automation.
E. Ruby
Ruby is a dynamic, object-oriented programming language known for its elegant syntax and its use in the Ruby on Rails web framework.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	general-purpose programming language ⓘ high-level programming language ⓘ programming language ⓘ
abbreviation	Practical Extraction and Report Language ⓘ
designedBy	Larry Wall ⓘ
executionModel	interpreted ⓘ
fileExtension	.pl ⓘ .pm ⓘ .t ⓘ
firstAppeared	1987 ⓘ
hasCommunity	Perl Mongers ⓘ
hasImplementation	perl interpreter ⓘ
hasMajorVersion	Perl self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Perl 4 Perl self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Perl 5 Perl self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Perl 6 Raku ⓘ
influenced	JavaScript ⓘ PHP ⓘ Python ⓘ Raku ⓘ Ruby ⓘ
influencedBy	C ⓘ Lisp programming language ⓘ surface form: Lisp awk ⓘ GNU Sed ⓘ surface form: sed shell script ⓘ
latestMajorBranch	Perl self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Perl 5
license	Artistic License 2.0 ⓘ surface form: Artistic License GNU General Public License ⓘ
notableFeature	comprehensive CPAN library ⓘ powerful text-processing capabilities ⓘ
operatingSystem	cross-platform ⓘ
paradigm	functional programming ⓘ imperative programming ⓘ object-oriented programming ⓘ scripting ⓘ
primaryUse	bioinformatics ⓘ network programming ⓘ scripting ⓘ system administration ⓘ text processing ⓘ web development ⓘ
standardPackageRepository	CPAN ⓘ
supports	Unicode ⓘ modules ⓘ object-oriented programming ⓘ regular expressions ⓘ
tagline	There is more than one way to do it ⓘ
typingDiscipline	duck typing ⓘ dynamic typing ⓘ
website	https://www.perl.org/ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (71)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Codex → supportsLanguage → Perl ⓘ

Algol 68 → influenced → Perl ⓘ

Ruby → influencedBy → Perl ⓘ

Julia → influencedBy → Perl ⓘ

PostgreSQL → supportsLanguage → Perl ⓘ

this entity surface form: PL/Perl

Delicious → programmingLanguage → Perl ⓘ

PHP → influencedBy → Perl ⓘ

Ward Cunningham → programmingLanguageUsed → Perl ⓘ

PowerShell → influencedBy → Perl ⓘ

Fink → programmingLanguage → Perl ⓘ

Larry Wall → notableWork → Perl ⓘ

Larry Wall → programmingLanguageCreated → Perl ⓘ

Larry Wall → associatedWith → Perl ⓘ

this entity surface form: CPAN ecosystem

Larry Wall → writesLanguage → Perl ⓘ

Yukihiro Matsumoto → influencedBy → Perl ⓘ

GNU gettext → supportsProgrammingLanguage → Perl ⓘ

GNU Automake → programmingLanguage → Perl ⓘ

XEmacs → supportsLanguage → Perl ⓘ

Groovy → influencedBy → Perl ⓘ

HP-UX → supportsProgrammingLanguage → Perl ⓘ

uWSGI → supportsLanguage → Perl ⓘ

Perl → hasMajorVersion → Perl self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Perl 4

Perl → hasMajorVersion → Perl self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Perl 5

Perl → hasMajorVersion → Perl self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Perl 6

Perl → latestMajorBranch → Perl self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Perl 5

Joshua Schachter → programmingLanguageUsed → Perl ⓘ

del.icio.us → programmingLanguage → Perl ⓘ

Artistic License 2.0 → usedBy → Perl ⓘ

Artistic License 2.0 → designedFor → Perl ⓘ

this entity surface form: Perl 5

Bugzilla → programmingLanguage → Perl ⓘ

Bugzilla → requires → Perl ⓘ

this entity surface form: Perl interpreter

Ward → programmingLanguageUsed → Perl ⓘ

subject surface form: Ward Cunningham

WikiWikiWeb → programmingLanguage → Perl ⓘ

Markdown → programmingLanguage → Perl ⓘ

Markdown → originalImplementationLanguage → Perl ⓘ

Debian Bug Tracking System → programmingLanguage → Perl ⓘ

Nikto → programmingLanguage → Perl ⓘ

dnsenum → programmingLanguage → Perl ⓘ

Proxmox VE → programmingLanguage → Perl ⓘ

GTK → supportsLanguageBindings → Perl ⓘ

GTK (for graphical interface) → bindingAvailableFor → Perl ⓘ

subject surface form: GTK

YAML → influencedBy → Perl ⓘ

libsodium → supportsLanguageBinding → Perl ⓘ

Common Gateway Interface → canBeImplementedIn → Perl ⓘ

MXNet → programmingLanguage → Perl ⓘ

MXNet → supportsLanguageBinding → Perl ⓘ

Active Server Pages (ASP) → supportedScriptingLanguage → Perl ⓘ

subject surface form: Active Server Pages

this entity surface form: PerlScript

Martin Perl → familyName → Perl ⓘ

Programming Perl → subject → Perl ⓘ

this entity surface form: Perl (programming language)

Programming Perl → isAbout → Perl ⓘ

this entity surface form: Perl programming

All labels observed (15)

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Statements (51)

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Referenced by (71)

How this entity was disambiguated

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