Word Type

Proper Noun

The word "perl" can be used as a proper noun.

Word Relationships

Dbpedia Influenced By

awk c lisp pascal sed smalltalk unix shell

Derived Terms

Perlish

Etymologically Related To

pearl

Context

computer language

Type Of (IsA)

aspect oriented language computer programming language interpretative programming language programming language prototype based language scripting language

Related Terms

Raku

Related Terms

family high level language particularly processing programming language text use

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