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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 but remains most popular as a scripting tool for web applications. The OS/2 implementation of Perl has a rather neat module called OS2:REXX that allows you to call [[DLL]]'s that follow the [[REXX]] calling convention enabling Perl users to use any REXX extensions in their programs | ||
===Perl libraries=== | ===Perl libraries=== | ||
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* [[Alligator Descartes]] & [[Tim Bunce]] : [http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781565926998.do Programming the Perl DBI: Database programming with Perl] - 2000 - O'Reilly Media - ISBN 978-1-56592-699-8 | * [[Alligator Descartes]] & [[Tim Bunce]] : [http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781565926998.do Programming the Perl DBI: Database programming with Perl] - 2000 - O'Reilly Media - ISBN 978-1-56592-699-8 | ||
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* Perl is open source software distributed under either the [[Artistic License]] or the [[GNU General Public License]]. | * Perl is open source software distributed under either the [[Artistic License]] or the [[GNU General Public License]]. | ||
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* [[Ilya Zakharevich]] (Original OS/2 port maintainer) | * [[Ilya Zakharevich]] (Original OS/2 port maintainer) | ||
* [[Paul Smedley]] (Current OS/2 port) | * [[Paul Smedley]] (Current OS/2 port) | ||
* [[Andreas Kaiser]] (OS2:REXX) | |||
[[Category:Tools]][[Category:DOS Tools]][[Category:Programming Languages]][[Category:Perl]][[Category:Open Source Software]][[Category:Software written in C]][[Category:MS Windows Tools]][[Category:Generic Unix Tools]] | [[Category:Tools]][[Category:DOS Tools]][[Category:Programming Languages]][[Category:Perl]][[Category:Open Source Software]][[Category:Software written in C]][[Category:MS Windows Tools]][[Category:Generic Unix Tools]] | ||
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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. The OS/2 implementation of Perl has a rather neat module called OS2:REXX that allows you to call DLL's that follow the REXX calling convention enabling Perl users to use any REXX extensions in their programs
Perl libraries
- Apache Xerces Perl - Perl API for Xerces C++ XML parser - Open source - Current
Foreign libraries with Perl bindings
- Cairo - 2D graphics library - Open source - Current
- LibcURL - Internet URL (WWW, FTP, etc) access - Open Source - Current.
- Libxml2 - XML parser - Open source - Current
- Libxslt - XSLT parser - Open source - Current
- LZ4 - Compression library - Open source - Current
- Snappy - Compression lib. - Open Source - Current.
- Exuberant ctags - Creates index files out of Perl source files - Open source - Current.
- OS/2 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.
- Enhanced Editor - Has Perl syntax highlighting built in with some auto-formatting features.
- FTE - Has support for syntax highlighting, code folding and syntax-aware autoindent. - Open source - Current.
- jEdit - Java based editor - Perl syntax highlighting built in - Current.
- Lugaru Epsilon - Perl syntax highlighting, code folding and syntax-aware autoindent. - Commercial.
- NEdit - XFree86 - Autoindent, autocomplete and syntax highlighting - Open source - Discontinued.
DOS Perl
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
- Perl 3.0 for MS-DOS A native DOS port of version 3, outdated but better native support than the later versions
- 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
- FTE - Has support for syntax highlighting, code folding and syntax-aware autoindent. - Open source - Current.
Version
- Latest Version: Perl version 5.14.2 (2012-01-05)
Links
- Paul Smedley's Perl port (Current)
- Hobbes' Perl directory - A collection of all things OS/2 and Perl
- Ilya Zakharevich's Perl archive - Outdated but contains a lot of OS/2 and generic scripts, some who never made it to Hobbes, et al.
Publications
- Local articles
- Heiko Korsawe: An introduction to Perl - Translated to English by Thomas Klein.
- Books
- Alligator Descartes & Tim Bunce : Programming the Perl DBI: Database programming with Perl - 2000 - O'Reilly Media - ISBN 978-1-56592-699-8
Licence
- Perl is open source software distributed under either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License.
Author
- Ilya Zakharevich (Original OS/2 port maintainer)
- Paul Smedley (Current OS/2 port)
- Andreas Kaiser (OS2:REXX)