http://www.perl.org/ & http://www.cpan.org/

Perl is a stable, cross platform programming language.

It is used for mission critical projects in the public and private sectors.

Perl is Open Source software, licensed under its Artistic License, or the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Perl was created by Larry Wall.

Perl 1.0 was released to usenet's alt.comp.sources in 1987

PC Magazine named Perl a finalist for its 1998 Technical Excellence Award in the Development Tool category.

Perl is listed in the Oxford English Dictionary.