Perl

[ purl ]

Digital Technology, Trademark.

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

Perl

/ pɜːl /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Perl¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Perl¹

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

Example Sentences

“When Schubert mentions Balanchine and Stravinsky’s youth in Russia, Parker offers a delicious vista of onion-domed churches silhouetted against a darkening sunset,” Jed Perl wrote in his review in The Times.

From New York Times

To explore this dynamic, the Mount Sinai team, led by Ofer Perl, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Gu's lab when the study was conducted, instructed nicotine-dependent study participants to believe that an electronic cigarette they were about to vape contained either low, medium, or high strengths of nicotine, when in fact the level remained constant.

From Science Daily

"I think we should recognize these violent and dangerous and toxic legacies that we inherit, and then do things that really make sense to keep ourselves safe," said New York City soil expert Sara Perl Egendorf, who helped create a network called Legacy Lead to tackle contamination there.

From Salon

In New York City, meanwhile, soil expert Sara Perl Egendorf saw that residents weren't sure how best to protect against soil lead contamination in urban gardens.

From Salon

Vital Strategies, a global public health organization that helped with this essay, had approached the Kennedy Center with a similar message before Rebecca Perl’s piece ran in The Post and received no response.

From Washington Post