Perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language)

• is a programming language developed by Larry Wall
• designed for text processing
• it runs on a variety of platforms, such as Windows, Mac OS, and the various versions of UNIX

Installation

homebrew

0. search perl versions via home-brew
brew search perl

1. install perl using home-brew
brew install <perl version here>

this would download into /usr/local/Cellar directory

2. verify perl
which <perl version here>
<perl version here> -v

Examples

• basic
• client server