What is Perl?:
Perl, sometimes referred to as Practical Extraction and Reporting Language, is an interpreted
programming language with a huge number of uses, libraries and
resources. Arguably one of the most discussed and used languages on the
internet, it is often referred to as the swiss army knife, or duct tape,
of the web.
Perl was first brought into being by Larry Wall circa 1987 as a
general purpose Unix scripting language to make his programming work
simpler. Although it has far surpassed his original creation, Larry Wall
still oversees development of the core language, and the newest
version, Perl 6.
Where can I get it?:
Many
web hosts and Unix / Linux machines already have Perl installed and
running, so check with your host or system administrator first. If
you're installing on a local machine, go to the Perl web site,
click on the 'Downloads' link, and find the version for your operating
system. There are binary packages available, or you may install it from
the source code.
How can I tell if it's installed?:
Get to a command prompt on your system and type the command perl -v. If Perl is installed correctly, you should see the version information displayed.
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