Perl, short for "Practical Extraction and Reporting Language," is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted programming language. It is renowned for its text processing capabilities and strength in regular expression processing, making it valuable for web development, especially for CGI (Common Gateway Interface) scripting. Perl supports a wide range of programming paradigms and is known for its flexibility, which makes it a strong tool in system administration, web development, network programming, and more.
