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key: pl/perl
kind: plang
name: "Perl"
url: https://plangs.page/perl
---

# Perl

> Dynamic language known for its text-processing capabilities.

High-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Though Perl is not officially an acronym, there are various backronyms in use, including "Practical Extraction and Reporting Language".

## Facts

- Appeared: 1987
- Homepage: https://www.perl.org/
- GitHub: https://github.com/Perl/perl5
- Languish ranking: #46

## Relationships

### Paradigms

- [Functional](https://plangs.page/paradigm/functional)
- [General-Purpose](https://plangs.page/paradigm/general-purpose)
- [Multi](https://plangs.page/paradigm/multi)
- [Object-Oriented](https://plangs.page/paradigm/oop)
- [Procedural](https://plangs.page/paradigm/procedural)
- [Scripting](https://plangs.page/paradigm/scripting)

### Platforms

- [Cross-Platform](https://plangs.page/platform/cross)

### Type Systems

- [Duck](https://plangs.page/type-system/duck)
- [Dynamic](https://plangs.page/type-system/dynamic)
- [Object-Oriented](https://plangs.page/type-system/object)

### Dialects

- [Raku](https://plangs.page/raku)

### Influenced By

- [AWK](https://plangs.page/awk)
- [BASIC](https://plangs.page/basic)
- [C](https://plangs.page/c)
- [C++](https://plangs.page/c++)
- [Lisp](https://plangs.page/lisp)
- [Raku](https://plangs.page/raku)
- [sed](https://plangs.page/sed)

### Influenced

- [CoffeeScript](https://plangs.page/coffeescript)
- [Groovy](https://plangs.page/groovy)
- [JavaScript](https://plangs.page/javascript)
- [Julia](https://plangs.page/julia)
- [PHP](https://plangs.page/php)
- [Python](https://plangs.page/python)
- [Raku](https://plangs.page/raku)
- [Rakudo](https://plangs.page/rakudo)
- [Ruby](https://plangs.page/ruby)

### Written With

- [C](https://plangs.page/c)

### Licenses

- [AL2.0](https://plangs.page/license/artistic)
- [GPL](https://plangs.page/license/gnu-gpl)

### Tags

- [Application](https://plangs.page/tag/app)
- [Application Framework](https://plangs.page/tag/framework)
- [Compiler](https://plangs.page/tag/compiler)
- [DBMS](https://plangs.page/tag/dbms)
- [Genomics](https://plangs.page/tag/genomics)
- [Industrial Control](https://plangs.page/tag/industrial)
- [Interpreter](https://plangs.page/tag/interpreters)
- [Scripting](https://plangs.page/tag/scripting)
- [Shell](https://plangs.page/tag/shell)
- [Visualization](https://plangs.page/tag/viz)