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| Execution method: | Compiled (bytecode) |
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| Garbage collected: | No |
| Parameter passing methods: | By reference |
| Type strength: | Weak |
| Type expression: | Implicit |
| Type checking: | Dynamic, Static |
| Lang tag(s): | perl |
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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 asBASIC,Lisp,C and theUnix toolssed,AWK andthe UNIX shell. It is particularly suited for Unix systems programming,text processing andgluing heterogeneous programs together. Its interpreter is called perl. Perl has seen five major revisions, anda sixth is currently being worked on.
The implementation known as Perl is available on a wide variety of mostly UNIX-based operating systems.
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