The early 1990s were the heyday of #Perl, a language that embodied the spirit of the early web: flexible, pragmatic, and unapologetically messy. Perl quickly became the tool of choice for system administrators, #CGI (Common Gateway Interface) programming, and anyone who needed to glue together disparate systems quickly. Its rich text-processing capabilities and easy integration with #Unix tools made it indispensable for automating tasks and building early dynamic web pages.
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