# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| perl: perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language) perl: perl: Larry Wall's "Practical Extraction and Report Language". Perl is a perl: language optimized for scanning arbitrary text files, extracting perl: information from those text files, and printing reports based on that perl: information. It's also a good language for many system management perl: tasks. The language is intended to be practical (easy to use, perl: efficient, complete) rather than beautiful (tiny, elegant, minimal). perl: perl: perl: