Living in an age of technology, the world is constantly coming up with new ways to make our lives easier (or sometimes more complex depending on how you look at it). Now with the help of the open source community, programming languages are blossoming from a small idea of a lonely programmer. Perl, a specialized language invented by Larry Wall, is a language that flourished in the hands of open source contributors. The History of …showed first 75 words of 2458 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2458 total…C++ which allow you to code at a much deeper level. Since it is a completely interpreted language, it is not as fast as a compiled language, a major drawback when speed is a requirement. If you are looking for a language that will help you with flat file data crunching that is free, and does not require a large portion of your hard drive for installation, Perl is what you have been looking for.