Perl & PerlScript <Practical Extraction and Reporting Language>
Perl is a stable, cross-platform programming language that has many, many different uses. It's most common use on the Web is as a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) to perform server-side tasks similar to PHP, ASP and JSP. PerlScript is a scaled-down version of Perl that can be used as a language syntax for ASP. Perl's main advantage comes in its ability to use separate modules to extend its functionality. Since these modules don't require much work to install, it's quite easy to increase Perl's abilities. |
