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Perl, or Practical Extraction and Report Language, is an excellent language
for text processing, and system/network management.
Perl Advantages
- • Excellent for text processing
- • Good "Glue" Language
- • Unix Integration
- • CPAN
- • The Matrix used Perl
- • TMTOWTDI: There's More than one way to do it
- • All Purpose Tool
Perl Disadvantages
- • TMTOWTSI: There's More than one way to screw it
- • Easy to write, Hard to read
- • High Learning Curve
- • Compatibility Changes
- • All Purpose Tool