Definīcija:An interpreted language, based on C and several UNIX utilities. Perl has powerful string-handling features for extracting information from text files. Perl can assemble a string and send it to the shell as a command; therefore, it is often used for system administration tasks. A program in Perl is known as a script. Perl was devised by Larry Wall at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Definīcija:Viena no programmēšanas valodām, kas papildina saskarni CGI un domāta tīmekļa servera lietojumprogrammu rakstīšanai. Valoda Perl tiek iekļauta tādu operētājsistēmu kā Microsoft Windows NT, Novell NetWare un UNIX dažādās versijās. Valodas Perl skriptus internetā var izmantot bez maksas.