Perl
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Perl is a general-purpose programming language originally developed for text manipulation and now used for a wide range of tasks including system administration, web development, network programming, GUI development, and more.
Perl is a tool in the Languages category of a tech stack.
Perl Pros & Cons
Pros of Perl
- ✓Lots of libraries
- ✓Open source
- ✓Text processing
- ✓Powerful
- ✓Unix-style
- ✓Regex
- ✓Stable
- ✓Concise syntax
- ✓Hackerish
- ✓Easy to use
Cons of Perl
- ✗Messy $/@/% syntax
- ✗No exception handling
- ✗"1;"
- ✗Bad OO support
- ✗No OS threads
- ✗Barewords
- ✗Copy-on-create for interpreter-based threads
- ✗Errors/warnings are ignored by default
- ✗Variables are global by default
Perl Alternatives & Comparisons
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