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Perl
Perl is a very flexible scripting language. Originally designed for UNIX system administration tasks, Perl has branched out to tens of thousands of users and millions of uses. Some of the main uses include: - CGI, or Common Gateway Interface, scripts for dynamic Web pages.
- Generating reports on system resource usage.
- Interfacing with databases.
- Cross-platform software development, such as Perl scripts to automate C and C++ build procedures.
- Client-server applications.
- System administration on UNIX and Windows.
There's more than one way to get things done in Perl, as the infamous motto states, which forms one of Perl's great strengths and also one of its greatest weaknesses. Perl is strong in text-handling and calling system functions. Perl is definitely weak in its cryptic syntax and use of just about every punctuation mark as syntax, especially the global variables like $_ and @_. Perl is free and available over the Internet. One of the best parts about Perl is that it runs on just about every version of UNIX as well as Windows 95 and NT. System administrators make great use of Perl to automate their daily tasks.
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