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  • Open source (Artistic-1.0-Perl)
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Verified Sep 2026

The Swiss Army chainsaw of scripting languages

Perl is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language with over 36 years of development.

The 1987 text-munging workhorse that powered the early web. Still invaluable for one-liners and legacy sysadmin code

Who it's for

Sysadmins and legacy maintainers who want sharp text-processing tools.

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