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Perl
is a high-level programming language initially written by Larry
Wall. It is derived from C programming language and a variety of
others. The process, file and text manipulation facilities make
it easy to use for prototyping, system utilities, software tools,
system management tasks, database access, graphical programming,
networking, and www programming. General users include system administrators,
CGI script authors, mathematicians, geneticists, journalists, and
managers. Perl is a free, open distribution language. The currently
release version is 5.0. It has been modularized, object-oriented,
tweaked, trimmed, and optimized until it almost doesn't look like
the original code. However, through the years the interface has
remained mostly the same.
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