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madmitch94
07-27-2006, 01:11 PM
hi, i need to know if Perl is a program you need to buy.
PineSolPirate
07-27-2006, 01:14 PM
Nope, no need to buy, its free!
http://www.perl.com/download.csp
PineSolPirate
07-27-2006, 01:15 PM
I suppose I should note that you don't need to have it at all if you have a host who has it. You can write your scripts or get scripts and upload them to a server that has perl on it, then run them there. No need to compile or anything, perl is interpreted.
madmitch94
07-27-2006, 01:38 PM
okay, thanks, I just needed to know if it was software,thanks!
the tree
07-27-2006, 02:19 PM
Yes, it most certainly is software. Find out all about it at perl.com (http://perl.com).
Charles
07-27-2006, 02:23 PM
The Perl Intreperter is definately a program but Perl is also a scripting language. The answer to your question will depend upon just how the word "Perl" is being used.
cyberphr
07-27-2006, 02:36 PM
You posted this in the wrong forum,
it would be much better suited in the Perl forum ;)
Charles
07-27-2006, 04:18 PM
You posted this in the wrong forum,
it would be much better suited in the Perl forum ;)True enough and "Perl" could also be a forum and not software. And strictly speaking Perl the language is both and neither a scripting language and a programming language. You really can't say what anything means without context.
PineSolPirate
07-27-2006, 04:48 PM
Wow, does this forum give out bonus points for mindless babble? I never knew. ;)
Charles
07-27-2006, 05:39 PM
Wow, does this forum give out bonus points for mindless babble? I never knew. ;)Forgive me, my undergraduate work was in Philosophy.