Re: What is PERL?

vadim <vadim@mcs.spb.su> wrote: > > I read many articles about PERL. I am sorry, who can explain me what is PERL? > --- > Regards, Vadim. > ======================================================================== > Vadim Ketchashin,|Internet --> vadim@mcs.spb.su |St. Petersburg, Russia,| | > DBMS Programmer |Voice --> +7 (812) 5683955 |Marine Computer Systems| > Lines: 0 > Perl stands for Practical Extraction Reduction Language developed by Larry Wall. It is C-like in contruct, portable, fast, and generates reports with ease. For for information refer to comp.lang.perl. Perl can be used to perform system and database administrative task. I often use it to process and prepare large datafiles for import into a database.