perl ☆

« Back to VersTracker

Description:
Highly capable, feature-rich programming language

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | @perl | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: perl programming-language scripting regex cpan

Install: brew install perl

About:
Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted programming language renowned for its powerful text processing capabilities and flexibility. It combines features from several languages and is widely used for system administration, web development, and bioinformatics due to its robust regular expression engine.

Key Features:

Advanced regular expression engine
Dynamic typing and automatic memory management
Extensive module ecosystem via CPAN
Strong text and string manipulation
Cross-platform compatibility

Use Cases:

System administration and DevOps scripting
Web development (backend)
Data parsing and bioinformatics
Network programming

Alternatives:

Python – More modern syntax and broader adoption in data science
Ruby – More object-oriented and readable for web applications
Go – Compiled language with better performance and concurrency

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 22, 2024 3:00am		0	VERSION_BUMP	94f9a4ed