language: Perl

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Language:	Perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language)
Package:	MacPerl
Version:	5.2.0r4
Author:	Matthias Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>
Location:	http://www.ptf.com/macperl
Description:	MacPerl offers (nearly) all the features of Perl plus oodles of Macintosh-specific functionality!
Ports:	Macintosh
Status:	actively developed
Discussion:	mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch (majordomo list)
Updated:	20 April 1998

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Language:	Perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language)
Package:	perl
Version:	4.0 patchlevel 36
Parts:	interpreter, debugger, libraries, tests, documentation
Author:	Larry Wall <lwall@netlabs.com>
Location:	ftp://jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/perl.4.0/* os/2: ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/all/unix/prog*/perl4019.zip macintosh: ftp://nic.switch.ch/software/mac/src/mpw_c/Mac_Perl_405_* amiga: ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/perl4.035.V010.* vms: ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/software/vms/perl/* atari: ftp://atari.archive.umich.edu/amiga/Languages/perl* msdos: ftp://ftp.ee.umanitoba.ca/pub/msdos/perl/* ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/perl/bperl* windows nt: ftp://ntperl.hip.com/ntperl/ntperl5.001.src.zip ftp://ntperl.hip.com/ntperl/ntperl5.001.i86.zip mvs: ftp://oozelum.csi.cam.ac.uk/dist/perl-4036.tar.Z netware: contact Jack Thomasson <Jack_Thomasson@Novell.COM>
Description:	perl is an interpreted language optimized for scanning arbitrary text files, extracting information from those text files, and printing reports based on that information. It's also a good language for many system management tasks.
Reference:	"Programming Perl" by Larry Wall and Randal L. Schwartz, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Sebastopol, CA. ISBN 0-93715-64-1 "Learning Perl" by Randal L. Schwartz, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Sebastopol, CA. ISBN 1-56592-042-2 The perl FAQ, ftp from rtfm.mit.edu
Features:	like regular expression substitution + very-high semantic density becuase of powerful operators + exceptions, provide/require + associative array can be bound to dbm files + no arbitrary limits + direct access to almost all system calls + can access binary data + many powerful idioms for common tasks + 8-bit clean, including nulls - three variable types: scalar, array, and hash table - syntax requires variable and function prefix characters
Bugs:	comp.lang.perl; Larry Wall <lwall@netlabs.com>
Ports:	almost all unix, MSDOS, Mac, Amiga, Atari, OS/2, VMS, NT, MVS
Portability:	very high for unix, not so high for others
Discussion:	comp.lang.perl macintosh: mpw-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch
Updated:	Febuary 7th, 1993

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Language:	Perl
Package:	perl profiler.
Version:	? 1
Parts:	profiler
Author:	Anthony Iano-Fletcher <arf@maths.nott.ac.uk>
Location:	Source posted on comp.lang.perl in mid-June 1993
Description:	Profiles Perl scripts (mkpprof). Collates data from Perl scripts (pprof)
Updated:	June 17th, 1993

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Language:	BNF (yacc), Perl
Package:	perl-byacc
Version:	1.8.2
Parts:	parser-generator(perl)
Author:	Rick Ohnemus <Rick_Ohnemus@Sterling.COM>
Location:	ftp://ftp.sterling.com/local/perl-byacc.tar.Z
Description:	A modified version of byacc that generates perl code. Has '-p' switch so multiple parsers can be used in one program (C or perl).
Portability:	Should work on most (?) Unix systems. Also works with SAS/C 6.x on AMIGAs.
Updated:	January 24th, 1993

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Language:	Perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language)
Package:	perl5
Version:	5.005
Parts:	interpreter, debugger, libraries, tests, documentation
Author:	Larry Wall <lwall@netlabs.com>
Location:	many! africa: ftp://ftp.is.co.za:/programming/perl/CPAN/ australia: ftp://coombs.anu.edu.au:/pub/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.mame.mu.oz.au:/pub/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.tekotago.ac.nz:/pub/perl/CPAN/ austria: ftp://ftp.tuwien.ac.at:/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ canada: ftp://mango.pinc.com:/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ czech rep.: ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz:/MIRRORS/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ denmark: ftp://sunsite.auc.dk:/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ finland: ftp://ftp.funet.fi:/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ france: ftp://ftp.ibp.fr:/pub/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr:/pub/computing/unix/perl/CPAN/ germany: ftp://ftp.leo.org:/pub/comp/programming/languages/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de:/pub/CPAN/ greece: ftp://ftp.ntua.gr:/pub/lang/perl/ hungary: ftp://ftp.kfki.hu:/pub/packages/perl/ japan: ftp://ftp.lab.kdd.co.jp:/lang/perl/CPAN/ netherlands: ftp://http://www.cs.ruu.nl/pub/PERL/CPAN/ new zealand: ftp://ftp.tekotago.ac.nz:/pub/perl/CPAN/ poland: ftp://ftp.pk.edu.pl:/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ portugal: ftp://ftp.ci.uminho.pt:/pub/lang/perl/ slovenia: ftp://ftp.arnes.si:/software/perl/CPAN/ spain: ftp://ftp.rediris.es:/mirror/CPAN/ sweden: ftp://ftp.sunet.se:/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ switzerland: ftp://ftp.switch.ch:/mirror/CPAN/ taiwan: ftp://dongpo.math.ncu.edu.tw:/perl/CPAN/ uk: ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/mirrors/perl/CPAN/ ftp://unix.hensa.ac.uk:/mirrors/perl-CPAN/ usa: ftp://ftp.cdrom.com:/pub/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu:/pub/perl/CPAN/ ftp://uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu:/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.delphi.com:/pub/mirrors/packages/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.uoknor.edu:/mirrors/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.sedl.org:/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.metronet.com:/pub/perl/ ftp://ftp.sterling.com:/CPAN/
Description:	Perl5 is a major rewrite and enhancement to perl4. It adds real data structures (by way of "references"), un-adorned subroutine calls, and method inheritance. It is repackaged with many extensions that can be dynamically loaded in the interpreter at runtime.
Features:	very-high semantic density becuase of powerful operators like regular expression substitution no arbitrary limits exceptions variables can be tied to arbitrary code (like dbm) direct access to almost all system calls can access binary data many powerful idioms for common tasks 8-bit clean, including nulls dynamic loading of extensions constructors, destructors, multiple inheritence, and operator overloading support for writing secure systems many useful libraries and extensions
References:	http://language.perl.com/ http://www.perl.com/pace/pub "Programming Perl" by Larry Wall and Randal L. Schwartz, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Sebastopol, CA. ISBN 0-93715-64-1 "Learning Perl" by Randal L. Schwartz, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Sebastopol, CA. ISBN 1-56592-042-2
Extensions:	Tk - easy to use X11 interface tcl - dynamically load Tcl into perl Curses - sreen-based CGI - easy web programming perlmenu - http://www.cc.iastate.edu/perlmenu/ DBI - interfaces to many relational databases Safe - secure execution of untrusted code Penguin - distributed secure execution of untrusted code
Bugs:	Send bugs to <perl-bugs@perl.com>
Ports:	Almost all unix systems, Amiga, Atari, LynxOS, Macintosh, MPE, MS-DOS, MVS, Netware, OS/2, QNX, VMS, Windows 3.x, Windows NT (http://info.hip.com/ntperl/PerlFaq.htm)
Portability:	Extreamly high.
Updated:	July 8th, 1999

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