Living Person
Perl
is
As of April 16, 2026
39 years old
approximately!
Date of Birth
(1987 ) is
Rabbit
Year
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Moon
approx. 526.4 years old
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approx. 163.5 years old
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approx. 64 years old
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| Perl | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Paradigm | Multi-paradigm |
| Designed by | Larry Wall |
| Developer | Larry Wall |
| First appeared | December 18, 1987 |
| Stable release | 5.42.1
/ 8 March 2026 |
| Preview release | 5.43.8
/ 20 February 2026 |
| Typing discipline | Dynamic |
| Implementation language | C |
| OS | Cross-platform |
| License | Artistic 1.0 or GNU General Public License version 1 or any later version |
| Filename extensions | .plx, .pls, .pl, .pm, .xs, .t, .pod, .cgi, .psgi |
| Website | perl.org |
| Influenced by | |
| AWK, BASIC, C, C++, Lisp, sed, Unix shell | |
| Influenced | |
| CoffeeScript, Groovy, JavaScript, Julia, LPC, PHP, Python, Raku, Ruby, PowerShell | |
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