3.2.1. Perl
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Perl 5 has been the traditional technology
for writing weblets on UNIXes, and is still very commonly used.
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mod_perl - a powerful and fully optimized
Perl backend for Apache.
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Perl is interpreted, but still fast enough for most needs.
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Contains efficient, hard-coded primitives and modules for handling most
common tasks of web-servers.
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Perl code tends to be very compact.
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CPAN - The Comprehensive Perl Archive
Network - easy downloading, compilation and installation of Perl
a diverse range of pre-written modules on UNIX and other systems.
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The core Perl language is very extensive, and makes use of many programming
elements, and allows for many different programming styles.
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Beginning programmers may have trouble understanding the code of more
experienced programmers, or write programs in what can be considered a
sub-optimal manner.
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This may or may not be an advantage.
Written by Shlomi Fish