Perl Tutorial

Perl Tutorial Learn Perl Perl is a programming language developed by Larry Wall, especially designed for text processing. It stands for Practical Extraction and Report Language. It runs on a variety of platforms, such as Windows, Mac OS, and the various versions of UNIX. This tutorial provides a complete understanding on Perl. WHY TO LEARN PERL? • Perl is a stable, cross platform programming language. • Though Perl is not officially an acronym but few people used it as Practical Extraction and Report Language. • It is used for mission critical projects in the public and private sectors. • Perl is an Open Source software, licensed under its Artistic License, or the GNU General Public License (GPL). • Perl was created by Larry Wall. • Perl 1.0 was released to usenet's alt.comp.sources in 1987. • At the time of writing this tutorial, the latest version of perl was 5.16.2. • Perl is listed in the Oxford English Dictionary. PC Magazine announced Perl as the finalist for its 1998 Technical Excellence Award in the Development Tool category.