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Python
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Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, extensible programming language.

JavaScript
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JavaScript (sometimes shortened to JS) is a lightweight, interpreted, object-oriented language with...

PHP
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PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web...

C++
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C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose, powerful...

Ruby
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Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general purpose object-oriented programming language that combines...

Node.js
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Node.js is a platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable...

C#
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C# is a multi-paradigm programming language encompassing strong typing, imperative, declarative...

Lua
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Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language.

Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language with over 22 years...

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Perl Overview

Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language with over 22 years of development.

The Perl languages borrow features from other programming languages including C, shell scripting (sh), AWK, and sed. They provide powerful text processing facilities without the arbitrary data-length limits of many contemporary Unix command-line tools, facilitating easy manipulation of text files.

Perl Features

tick-square Shell integration

Perl Platforms

Windows Linux Mac

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