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Perl is a general-purpose programming language originally developed for text manipulation and now used for a wide range of tasks including system administration, web development, network programming, GUI development, and more. Its major features include support for multiple programming paradigms (procedural, object-oriented, and functional styles), automatic memory management, built-in support for text processing, and a large collection of third-party modules.
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a very large development team
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took an estimated 413 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in December, 1987
ending with its most recent commit about 21 hours ago
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