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sitebuilder143 · 03-09-2007, 06:24 PM

What is PERL? is it like PHP?? what are some good resources for a newbie like me?? Thanks!

**ho$ter** · 03-12-2007, 05:32 PM

Perl is a dynamic programming language. You can read up on this at, you guessed it, Perl.com: The Source for Perl -- perl development, conferences good basic info for the newbie.

**ho$ter** · 03-21-2007, 01:28 PM

One of our IT guys said that this book is a great reference for a newbie, it goes for $9.95
See:
oreilly.com -- Online Catalog: Perl Pocket Reference, Fourth Edition

Krishnaswamy · 05-04-2007, 12:30 PM

PERL stands for: Practical Extraction and Reporting Language. It is a programming language used for creating CGI programs.

Try this link for more:

**ho$ter** · 05-04-2007, 01:55 PM

That's a great reference. Keep them coming K.

ivantis.net · 03-11-2008, 07:06 PM

"what exactly is PERL?"

thats what i said about a month ago. so i went to the library and checked out a few books, <a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/cgi2/index.html">CGI programming with PERL</a>, and <a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnperl4/index.html">learning PERL</a>, and now me knows

hershell · 06-09-2008, 05:58 AM

Perl is a dynamic programming language created by Larry Wall and first released in 1987.PHP is a reflective programming language originally designed for producing dynamic web pages.PHP is used mainly in server-side scripting