Perl is a free, open source and cross platform programming language that us is used for mission critical projects in the public and private sectors.
Here are some key features of "Perl":
· Perl takes the best features from other languages, such as C, awk, sed, sh, and BASIC, among others.
· Perls database integration interface (DBI) supports third-party databases including Oracle, Sybase, Postgres, MySQL and others.
· Perl works with HTML, XML, and other mark-up languages.
· Perl supports Unicode.
· Perl is Y2K compliant.
· Perl supports both procedural and object-oriented programming.
· Perl interfaces with external C/C++ libraries through XS or SWIG.
· Perl is extensible. There are over 500 third party modules available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN).
· The Perl interpreter can be embedded into other systems.
