Perl
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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.
Observed surface forms (5)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CPAN ecosystem | 1 |
| PL/Perl | 1 |
| Perl 4 | 1 |
| Perl 5 | 1 |
| Perl 6 | 1 |
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
C
ⓘ
Lisp NERFINISHED ⓘ awk ⓘ GNU Sed ⓘ
surface form:
sed
shell script ⓘ |
| latestMajorBranch | Perl 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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/ ⓘ |
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CPAN ecosystem
this entity surface form:
Perl 4
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Perl 5
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Perl 6
this entity surface form:
PL/Perl