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According to ActiveState (and they should know)
"ActivePerl is the free binary distribution of Perl for Linux, Solaris, and Windows. ActivePerl 5.6 is a significantly enhanced distribution as it encompasses the new features available in Perl 5.6. "
Perl (Practical Extraction and Reporting Language) is a script programming language that is similar in syntax to
the C language and that includes a number of popular UNIX facilities such as sed, awk, and tr. Perl is an
interpreted language that can optionally be compiled just before execution into either C code or cross-platform
bytecode. When compiled, a Perl program is almost (but not quite) as fast as a fully precompiled C language
program. Perl is regarded as a good choice for developing common gateway interface (CGI) programs because it
has good text manipulation facilities (although it also handles binary files). It was invented by Larry Wall.
PERL also has a Camel as a logo & as we all know! camels rock bigtime.
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