Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Originally developed for text manipulation, it is now used for a wide range of tasks including graphics programming, system administration, network programming, applications that require database access and CGI programming on the Web.

Features:

- C, shell scripting (sh), AWK, and sed

- Powerful text processing facilities

- Flexibility and adaptability

-Support for multiple programming paradigms

-Reference counting memory management