Some Final Words
Perl is a fully functioning powerful language that is easy to use. It brings together the power of C and the ease of shell programming. Perl does not stop there, however. Perl does object orienting and also can be combined with other languages, including C, TK, and Java. What’s more, it is easy to use and has some great support behind it.
For further information on Perl, check out the Perl Web site at www.perl.com. There you will find the latest versions of Perl, along with the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN), which has lots of code, most of which falls under the same copyright license as Perl itself. You will also find FAQs there. If you get stuck, you can also go to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and post questions ...
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