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authorPaul Buetow <paul@buetow.org>2024-08-24 19:59:34 +0300
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=> ./perl-is-still-a-great-choice/regular_expressions.png Comic source: XKCD
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+## Introduction
+
Perl (the Practical Extraction and Report Language) is a battle-tested, mature, multi-paradigm dynamic programming language. Note that it's not called PERL, neither P.E.R.L. nor Pearl. "Perl" is the name of the language and `perl` the name of the interpreter or the interpreter command.
Unfortunately (it makes me sad), Perl's popularity has been declining over the last years as Google trends shows: