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Why to Learn Perl?
Perl is a programming language developed by Larry Wall, specially 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 Following great features make this language necessary for the Programmers to learn −
Perl is a stable, cross-platform programming language.
Though Perl is not officially an acronym 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.
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