Tons of tools and projects still make use of Perl, but PHP, Python, and Ruby have stolen its programming thunder Back then, I posited that Perl 6 might change things, put a new shine on an old ...

1987: The first version of the Perl programming language is released. Perl was the brainchild of Larry Wall, a programmer at Unisys, who borrowed from existing languages, especially C, to create a ...

News. Creator Promises Perl 6 Will Be First Truly Extensible Programming Language. By Joab Jackson; July 25, 2008; Perl creator Larry Wall promised version 6 of Perl will be the first truly extensible ...

Google today supports only the Python language in Google App Engine. But one Googler is working on an unofficial--so far--expansion that could use Perl, too.

If you’ve been wanting to play around with Google’s App Engine, but don’t want to abandon your beloved Perl in favor of Python, there’s good news on the horizon. Brad Fitzpatrick of Google ...

His book is based upon his experiences using Perl to teach students how to program and debug network communications. He uses Perl for this so that students can devote more time to understanding the ...