The Perl Programming Language at Perl.org. Links and other helpful resources for new and experienced Perl programmers.

Perl is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language with over 37 years of development. Perl runs on over 100 platforms from portables to mainframes and is suitable for both rapid …

There are many reasons to use Perl, including 108,000 modules ready for you to use.

Over the years, Perl has grown into a general-purpose programming language. It's widely used for everything from quick "one-liners" to full-scale application development. The language is …

The Perl FAQ Perl FAQs are available as part of your Perl distribution with the perldoc perlfaq command. Read FAQs online at http://learn.perl.org/faq/

Perl is a general-purpose programming language originally developed for text manipulation and now used for a wide range of tasks including system administration, web development, …

Over the years, Perl has grown into a general-purpose programming language. It's widely used for everything from quick "one-liners" to full-scale application development.

Official Docs The perldoc.perl.org contains the official documentation from the Perl distribution (s). Here are some direct links which may be of interest. Manual Pages Core Modules Tutorials

You'll see how to access and work with databases in Perl, write CGI scripts to generate web pages and beyond. Examples are based on Perl 5.6, but are still relevant to current Perl …

Version 1 of Perl hit the world on December 18, 1987, and the language has been steadily developing since then, with contributions from innumerable people. Perl 2 expanded the …