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Perl is a portable general-purpose dynamic programming language. It is used in a diverse variety of domains: system management scripting, text processing, web content management, Biology calculations, and others. It has a rich library of free reusable modules - the CPAN and a vibrant community of users and developers.

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As a young developer, should I be worried about having to use "out-of-style" tech at work? [closed]

More importantly, I'm worried by the fact that my job is basically to work on a creaky old Perl web application (using Mason and a weird in-house ORM). … I rarely see Perl jobs, and when I do, it's usually doing something I'm not interested in (front-end web development stuff). …
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