tool: perl5

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Language:	Perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language)
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

language: Perl

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