Perl language structure: Difference between revisions

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The '''structure of the [[Perl]] programming language''' encompasses both the syntactical rules of the language and the general ways in which programs are organized. Perl's design philosophy is expressed in the commonly cited motto "[[there's more than one way to do it]]". As a [[programming paradigm|multi-paradigm]], dynamically [[type system|typed]] language, Perl allows a great degree of flexibility in program design. Perl also encourages modularization; this has been attributed to the component-based design structure of its Unix roots{{when}},<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Orwant | first1 = Jon | title = Games, diversions, and Perl culture: best of the Perl journal | year = 2003 | isbn = 978-0-596-00312-8}}</ref> and is responsible for the size of the [[CPAN]] archive, a community-maintained repository of more than 100,000 modules.<ref name="home">{{cite web |title=CPAN front page|url=http://www.cpan.org/|accessdate=2011-12-09}}</ref>

== Basic syntax ==