Perl, that boon to the Linux hacker and confuser of non-monks, is 25 years old today. Larry Wall, creator of Perl, released the first version of the ahr language on December 18, 1987 (although Perl 0 existed, Wall refuses to tell when he created it). You could argue that Perl has been overshadowed by other languages like PHP and Python, but every programmer knows there’s nothing like a solid Perl script to tackle the nasty jobs that pop up on a daily basis.
Wall created the language as an alternative to tools like sed and awk that, while powerful, didn’t have the the straightforward panache of a standard programming language. Perl is best known for its use of regular expressions, a vexing if powerful way to scan data for patterns and strings of text.
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Wall created the language as an alternative to tools like sed and awk that, while powerful, didn’t have the the straightforward panache of a standard programming language. Perl is best known for its use of regular expressions, a vexing if powerful way to scan data for patterns and strings of text.
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