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Perl

Classic language for text processing and scripting

Typing: dynamic Created: 1987
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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

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