CS 335/535 Web Programming - Week 6: Perl Programming
Chapter 13 - Perl and the Internet
What is Perl? - Practical Extraction and Reporting Language
Perl is an interpreted language optimized for scanning arbitrary text files, extracting information from those files, and printing reports based on that information.
Perl combines the best features of C, sed, awk and sh.
What are the Benefits of Perl?
Cost and Licensing (usually free)
Availability (most UNIX sites and NT Resource Kit)
Interpreted Language (fast development)
Language Capabilities (optimized for text processing)