tool: perl

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Language:	Perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language)
Version:	4.0 patchlevel 36
Parts:	interpreter, debugger, libraries, tests, documentation
Author:	Larry Wall <lwall@netlabs.com>
Location:	ftp://jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/perl.4.0/* os/2: ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/all/unix/prog*/perl4019.zip macintosh: ftp://nic.switch.ch/software/mac/src/mpw_c/Mac_Perl_405_* amiga: ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/perl4.035.V010.* vms: ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/software/vms/perl/* atari: ftp://atari.archive.umich.edu/amiga/Languages/perl* msdos: ftp://ftp.ee.umanitoba.ca/pub/msdos/perl/* ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/perl/bperl* windows nt: ftp://ntperl.hip.com/ntperl/ntperl5.001.src.zip ftp://ntperl.hip.com/ntperl/ntperl5.001.i86.zip mvs: ftp://oozelum.csi.cam.ac.uk/dist/perl-4036.tar.Z netware: contact Jack Thomasson <Jack_Thomasson@Novell.COM>
Description:	perl is an interpreted language optimized for scanning arbitrary text files, extracting information from those text files, and printing reports based on that information. It's also a good language for many system management tasks.
Reference:	"Programming Perl" by Larry Wall and Randal L. Schwartz, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Sebastopol, CA. ISBN 0-93715-64-1 "Learning Perl" by Randal L. Schwartz, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Sebastopol, CA. ISBN 1-56592-042-2 The perl FAQ, ftp from rtfm.mit.edu
Features:	+ very-high semantic density becuase of powerful operators like regular expression substitution + exceptions, provide/require + associative array can be bound to dbm files + no arbitrary limits + direct access to almost all system calls + can access binary data + many powerful idioms for common tasks + 8-bit clean, including nulls - three variable types: scalar, array, and hash table - syntax requires variable and function prefix characters
Bugs:	comp.lang.perl; Larry Wall <lwall@netlabs.com>
Ports:	almost all unix, MSDOS, Mac, Amiga, Atari, OS/2, VMS, NT, MVS
Portability:	very high for unix, not so high for others
Discussion:	comp.lang.perl macintosh: mpw-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch
Updated:	Febuary 7th, 1993

language: Perl

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