Perl 5 is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language with over 29 years of development. More about why we love Perl...
Learning Perl 5With free online books, over 25,000 extension modules, and a large developer community, there are many ways to learn Perl 5. |
The Perl CommunityPerl has an active world wide community with over 300 local groups, mailing lists and support/discussion websites. |
CPANThe Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) has over 25,000 open source distributions available for download. |
Events and ConferencesConferences, social and technical events around the world offer lots of networking and learning opportunities. |
Perl 6Perl 6 is a sister language, part of the Perl family, not intended as a replacement for Perl 5, but as its own thing - libraries exist to allow you to call Perl 5 code from Perl 6 programs and vice versa. |
The Perl FoundationThe Perl Foundation is dedicated to the advancement of the Perl programming language through open discussion, collaboration, design, and code. |
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