Perl
Classic language for text processing and scripting
Typing: dynamic Created: 1987
Paradigms
proceduralobject-orientedfunctional
Pros and Cons
Ventajas
- + Very powerful regular expressions
- + CPAN has thousands of modules
- + Very flexible (TIMTOWTDI)
- + Excellent for one-liners
Desventajas
- - Cryptic and hard to read syntax
- - Less popular each year
- - Perl 6 (Raku) divided community
- - Less job demand
Casos de Uso
- Text and log processing
- Bioinformatics
- Legacy system scripts
- Task automation