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{{language|Perl}}{{codepad}}'''Perl''' is both the name of a programming language and the name of the primary implementation of that language.
{{language|Perl}}{{codepad}}'''Perl''' is both the name of a programming language and the name of the primary implementation of that language.


As a language, it takes the best from other programming languages such as [[BASIC]], [[Lisp]], [[C]] and the [[Unix]] tools [[sed]], [[AWK]] and [[UNIX Shell| the UNIX shell]]. It is particularly suited for Unix systems programming, text processing and gluing heterogeneous programs together. Its interpreter is called perl. Perl has seen five major revisions, and a sixth is currently being worked on.
As a language, it takes the best from other programming languages such as [[BASIC]], [[Lisp]], [[C]] and the [[Unix]] tools [[sed]], [[AWK]] and [[UNIX Shell| the UNIX shell]]. It is particularly suited for Unix systems programming, [[:Category:Text processing|text processing]] and [[Data Munging|gluing heterogeneous programs together]]. Its interpreter is called perl. Perl has seen five major revisions, and a sixth is currently being worked on.


The implementation known as Perl is available on a wide variety of mostly UNIX-based operating systems.
The implementation known as Perl is available on a wide variety of mostly UNIX-based operating systems.