Perl: |
Perl is an interpreted scripting language by Larry Wall. Many of the definitive books on perl are published by O’Reilly & Associates. Despite persistent rumours to the contrary, Perl isn’t just a language for writing web applications and CGI scripts with — it was a widely used language for all kinds of tasks long before the realisation of the current “web”. It’s also a myth that it’s difficult to write solid and maintainable code in Perl. |
Social: |
There were quite a few people who are active in the Perl arena who I had the good fortune to meet a few times while I was in the Boston MA area. brian d foy has set up the Perl Mongers, a group dedicated to forming Perl Users’ Groups. They have several groups around the US, and are a focus for social activities amongst other things… The Perl Mongers in Boston, New York, Austin and Tronto have been fun people to hang out with. |
Links: |
Here are some pointers which might be of use to you, the list is by no means intended to be a complete reference to perl on the web:
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