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This repository contains the reference implementation of the Perl 5 programming language, including the interpreter, core modules, build system, and an extensive test suite. Perl 5 is a multi-paradigm language renowned for powerful text processing, rich regular expressions, and pragmatic glue code across systems. The core distribution is highly portable, building on Unix, Linux, Windows, and many other platforms, with stable release cycles and careful back-compatibility. A C API (XS) and embedding APIs allow tight integration with native libraries and host applications, while the CPAN ecosystem supplies hundreds of thousands of reusable modules. ...

...The memory manager uses dynamic scoping; each invocation consists of a module and a method and has an optional body that introduces a new context. Closures are not supported. This is a glue language created for integration and scripting of functionalities provided by libraries.

...Basku occupies a place in-between scripting and fully-fledged application programming. It is for the creation of installers, configuration utilities, front-ends and those little "glue" applications that you really need, but that are unlikely to be meaningful to anyone else.