What is "perl"
Perl is a stable, cross-platform programming language, used in mission-critical applications in all sectors, and its use in web development of all kinds is highlighted. Allows the creation of programs in UNIX, MSDOS, Windows, Macintosh, OS/2 and other operating systems. In addition to being widely used for form programming www and in administrative tasks of UNIX systems - where the language was born and developed - it has very efficient functions for text manipulation.
source: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl
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