LinkLib: Programming: Perl

Perl is somewhat of a cult language -- it has given up beauty to be extremely useful. It's interpretive nature makes it very portable, and it has become the number one language for CGI. However, it is also very useful for writing any number of quick little programs and is useful for a lot of sysadmin tasks. However, my choice would be PHP for the server (CGI) side.

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Perl FAQ
Description: Extensive description of Perl stuff.
URL: www.???
Perl Interpreter
Description: The most common Perl interpreter is from ActiveState, and it's free.
Comment: I've used it a bit without problems.
URL: www.activestate.com
Links
www.perl.com/perl/
www.perl.org
www.CPAN.org