Perl Pro's and Con's

[klorpet]

Pro's

* Perl is an interpretted language.
* It is an excellent sed/awk replacement, having more functionality, and a similar syntax.
* It is good at pattern matching, regular expressions, and string manipulation.
* Perl is good for file manipulation.
* It is often used for CGI scripts and other web related jobs.
* It's in common use, especially by system administrators.
* Perl is very portable - it is available for almost every platform.

Con's

* Its syntax is awkward: print 1 + 2 + 3 != print (1 + 2) + 3
* Its object model is undocumented, and not even available most places.
* Compared to languages like Python, its usability is very poor.