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(computer languages) A family of high-level programming languages, particularly used for text processing. quotations examples
Perl attracted the attention of Unix system administrators, who needed a language that was easier to use than the C programming language and more powerful than scripting languages such as Borne[sic] and C-shell.
1999, Eric Herrmann, Mastering Perl 5, Sybex, page 5