Technology
Perl is a development technology used to build, support, or power modern software applications and digital products.
Perl is a general-purpose scripting language known for powerful text processing, regular expressions, automation, and system administration capabilities. It has been used extensively in web development, Unix tooling, data processing, and legacy enterprise systems. Perl's mature module ecosystem supports many tasks involving files, networks, text transformation, and automation. It remains relevant for maintaining existing systems and specialized scripting workloads.
For projects using Perl, teams should consider the application's requirements, expected scale, integration points, deployment environment, testing approach, and long-term maintenance. Choosing the technology should also take into account the existing skills of the development team and the libraries or services already used by the product.