Perl

[ purl ]

/ pɜrl /

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a high-level scripting language, originally created to help automate text processing, now used more broadly.

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Origin of Perl

Coined in 1987 by Perl's creator, Larry Wall, U.S. computer programmer (born 1954)

Words nearby Perl

Perkins, Perkins, Frances, Perkin's mauve, perk up, perky, Perl, perle, Perlea, perlèche, perlemoen, Perlis

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How to use Perl in a sentence

And, difficult though it is, people who believe they may be sick must try to self-isolate, even if they’re not able to get a test right away, Perl says.
Patients Are Waiting Weeks for COVID-19 Test Results. Here's Why That's a Huge Problem|Jamie Ducharme|July 22, 2020|Time
Then he created an Internet version of his HyperText program, writing it in just a few hundred lines of Perl code.
You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story|Walter Isaacson|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Perl and Dalia themselves are wearing beautiful sheitels of long streaming curls.
The Sisterhood of Bulletproof Stockings: It’s Ladies’ Night for Hasidic Rockers|Emily Shire|September 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With Perl in particular, a former makeup artist, there is a sultriness to her metallic eye shadow and her painted lips.
The Sisterhood of Bulletproof Stockings: It’s Ladies’ Night for Hasidic Rockers|Emily Shire|September 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Perl asks her bandmate Dalia as she looks it up on her iPhone.
The Sisterhood of Bulletproof Stockings: It’s Ladies’ Night for Hasidic Rockers|Emily Shire|September 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At that same time, Perl, now 27, was going through her second divorce.
The Sisterhood of Bulletproof Stockings: It’s Ladies’ Night for Hasidic Rockers|Emily Shire|September 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The fortifications of the town at the main arm of the Perl estuary could not have been more primitive.
The Accumulation of Capital|Rosa Luxemburg
Mr Myers, using Du Perl's conception of a threshold, has termed the former our subliminal self.
Occultism and Common-Sense|Beckles Willson
Oh, then, perhaps you can tell us the way to Perl, or Pirl Street?
The wanderings and fortunes of some German emigrants|Friedrich Gerstcker
Perl gives a most interesting account of the domestic life of the family in the last days of the master's life.
Richard Wagner His Life and His Dramas|W. J. Henderson
Frau Perl said when they build on a roof it brings good fortune always.
A Round Dozen|Susan Coolidge

British Dictionary definitions for Perl

Perl

/ (pɜːl) /

noun

a computer language that is used for text manipulation, esp on the Internet

Word Origin for Perl

C20: from p (ractical) e (xtraction and) r (eport) l (anguage)

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