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'''Perl interpreter''', or '''perl''' is |
'''Perl interpreter''', or '''perl''' is an open-source software running on multiple platforms, that parses and executes the scripts written in the [[Perl]] script-language. |
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==Overview== |
==Overview== |
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Aside from the virtue that it is able to parse the complicatedly |
Aside from the virtue that it is able to parse the complicatedly intertwined, hugely syntactically redundant language Perl, the perl program also handles other routine jobs as a script [[Running Environment]], such as [[Memory management]], [[Dynamic linking]] and [[Flow Control]]. And it does the job nicely that these are virtually transparent to the programmers and users of the Perl language. |
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Revision as of 21:18, 14 June 2006
Perl interpreter, or perl is an open-source software running on multiple platforms, that parses and executes the scripts written in the Perl script-language.
Overview
perl (the initial p shouldn't be capitalized) is the standard parser that parses the Perl language. It is usually referred to when you read a Perl script on a Unix-like platform, and the first line is usually like this:
#!/usr/bin/perl
Aside from the virtue that it is able to parse the complicatedly intertwined, hugely syntactically redundant language Perl, the perl program also handles other routine jobs as a script Running Environment, such as Memory management, Dynamic linking and Flow Control. And it does the job nicely that these are virtually transparent to the programmers and users of the Perl language.