Perl
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Perl is a general-purpose programming language originally developed for text manipulation and now used for a wide range of tasks including system administration, web development, network programming, GUI development, and more. Perl is free software.
The overall structure of Perl derives broadly from C. Perl is procedural in nature, with variables, expressions, assignment statements, brace-delimited code blocks, control structures, and subroutines.
The name Perl is often described as being an acronym for Practical Extraction and Report Language, but this is not true. The creator of Perl wanted a short name with positive connotations; he originally chose "Pearl" but later shortened it to Perl when he discovered there was already a language called PEARL (Process and Experiment Automation Realtime Language).
