The Perl Programming Language

Perl is a cross-platform high-level interpreted language used in web development and system administration. The language is object-oriented, procedural and functional. He also has powerful tools for text processing . Perl is related to another language from the same family, Perl 6 which was later named Raku, and the 2 languages are still in developpement. The language is also characterized by its modules that extend Perl capabilities with new variables and subroutines that accomplish specific tasks . It has over 25.000 modules that you can find in the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network ( CPAN).

• on Windows:
  1. Download and run the installer for the Padre Perl editor that comes with Strawberry Perl ( Perl Environment for Ms Windows ).
  2. Log out and log in again. Or you can simply reboot your system.
  3. Open the Perl command line ( a link in the start menu ) and type in the following command to check the installation: perl -v
  4. Install the cpanm tool with the following command: cpan App::cpanminus
• on ubuntu :

  You may have Perl already installed in your system. If it is not the case, simply follow the next steps to install it:

  1. Open the terminal and run the following commands: sudo apt update
     sudo apt install perl
  2. To check the installation use this command: perl -v
  3. You may want to install the cpanm tool (for future Perl modules installation): sudo cpan App::cpanminus If you are prompted for automatic or manual configuration for cpanm just hit the return button for automatic configuration . If you get to select the strategy to handle privileges issues, you can select sudo strategy.

For your first code in Perl on Ubuntu, just follow these steps:

1. Create a new file in the home folder with the name hello.pl
2. Open the file and add the following code: 
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   #!/usr/bin/perl
   use strict;
   use warnings;
   
   print("Hello World!\n");
3. To run your code, open the terminal from the home folder, and run the following command:perl hello.pl
4. You can also run it this way: chmod 700 hello.pl
   ./hello.pl

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