Excellence.
2007-02-12 17:01:14 · 5 answers · asked by murali k 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
Practical Extraction and Reporting Language is an open source server side programming language extensively used for web scripts and to process data passed via the Common Gateway Interface from HTML forms etc. Perl scripts are not embedded within HTML pages and do not download to the web browser but reside on the server. They execute by being triggered from commands within HTML pages or other scripts and may produce HTML output that does download to the web browser.
2007-02-12 17:09:45 · answer #1 · answered by Neo was Here 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perl is a programming language used for web applications on servers mostly. Very powerful, you need a perl interpreter to run perl script though. So not portable, thats why used for server side stuff mostly.
2007-02-12 17:12:04 · answer #2 · answered by Kristofer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BASIC meets DOS prompt meets Unix shell scripting, plus some really cool programming stuff like hashes (arrays with anything you want as a subscript)...
... multiplied by C++, if you want to get serious. Complex structures, modules, objects, classes...
GREAT language for casual scripting and light programming, and it extends well into serious programming if you want to.
In 5 minutes I wrote a perl script to check DVDs for data errors on my Mac.
Mac has perl built-in. So does Linux. For Windows go here http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/
It's NOT a web language. But it makes a great Web language because it handles strings, databases and data structures really well. I write all my CGIs in it, but 75% of my perl code is non-Web.
2007-02-12 17:14:57 · answer #3 · answered by Wolf Harper 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a dynamic programming language developed by Larry Wall in 1987. It borrows from other languages such as C,Shell Scripting and others. It is also free to use as long as its not used for commercial purposes. Also note that Perl the name does not really stand for anything...the name is a backronym (ordinary word that is mistaken for an acronym)
2007-02-12 17:11:36 · answer #4 · answered by gamereaper3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the Practical Extraction and Report Language. It is a VERY VERY VERY powerful language once you get used to it and as you said it is excellence at its height.
2007-02-12 17:08:02 · answer #5 · answered by iammisc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋