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Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. In addition to CGI, Perl is used for graphics programming, system administration, network programming, finance, bioinformatics, and other applications but remains most popular as a scripting tool for web applications. | |||
Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. In addition to CGI, Perl is used for graphics programming, system administration, network programming, finance, bioinformatics, and other applications. | |||
====Foreign libraries with Perl bindings==== | ====Foreign libraries with Perl bindings==== | ||
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====Text & programmers editors with Perl support==== | ====Text & programmers editors with Perl support==== | ||
* [[Boxer]] - Perl syntax highlighting support built in - Commercial - DOS and OS/2 versions discontinued, Win32 version still sold. | * [[Boxer]] - Perl syntax highlighting support built in - Commercial - DOS and OS/2 versions discontinued, Win32 version still sold. | ||
* [[Elvis]] - Perl syntax support included by default - Open source - Current | |||
===DOS=== | |||
While not officially supported Perl can be compiled and used with [[DOS]] using the 4.x branch, at this point in time 5.x branch is not supported. | |||
* [https://www.xav.com/perl/lib/Pod/perldos.html XAV's Active State DOS Perl archive] - Instructions on how to compile Perl for DOS | |||
====DOS text & programmers editors with Perl support==== | |||
* [[Boxer]] - Perl syntax highlighting support built in - Commercial - DOS and OS/2 versions discontinued, Win32 version still sold. | |||
* [[Elvis]] - Perl syntax support included by default - Open source - Current | |||
==Version== | ==Version== | ||
* '''Latest Version:''' Perl version 5.14.2 ( | * '''Latest Version:''' Perl version 5.14.2 (2012-01-05) [http://os2ports.smedley.id.au/index.php?page=perl] | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
Revision as of 15:29, 10 December 2015
Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. In addition to CGI, Perl is used for graphics programming, system administration, network programming, finance, bioinformatics, and other applications but remains most popular as a scripting tool for web applications.
Foreign libraries with Perl bindings
- LZ4 - Compression library - Open source - Current
- Snappy - Compression lib. - Open Source - Current.
Text & programmers editors with Perl support
- Boxer - Perl syntax highlighting support built in - Commercial - DOS and OS/2 versions discontinued, Win32 version still sold.
- Elvis - Perl syntax support included by default - Open source - Current
DOS
While not officially supported Perl can be compiled and used with DOS using the 4.x branch, at this point in time 5.x branch is not supported.
- XAV's Active State DOS Perl archive - Instructions on how to compile Perl for DOS
DOS text & programmers editors with Perl support
- Boxer - Perl syntax highlighting support built in - Commercial - DOS and OS/2 versions discontinued, Win32 version still sold.
- Elvis - Perl syntax support included by default - Open source - Current
Version
- Latest Version: Perl version 5.14.2 (2012-01-05) [1]
Links
License
- Perl is Open Source software, licensed under its Artistic License, or the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Author
- Port by Paul Smedley