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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