Perl is an interpreter based programming language. The homepage of the perl project is: http://www.perl.com. Perl is used to convert various text files into usable source code. Perl version 5.6 and above should be working fine.
Perl is available for most of the UNIX-like platforms and as the perl package from the Cygwin setup.
If perl isn't already installed or available as a package for your platform, you can get it at: http://www.perl.com/.
After correct installation, typing at the bash command line prompt:
$
perl --version
should result in something like:
This is perl, v5.8.7 built for cygwin-thread-multi-64int
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)
Copyright 1987-2005, Larry Wall
Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.
Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page.
However, the version string may vary.
A native Win32 perl package can be obtained from http://www.ActiveState.com. The installation should be straightforward.
After correct installation, typing at the command line prompt (cmd.exe):
>
perl -v
should result in something like:
This is perl, v5.8.0 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)
Copyright 1987-2002, Larry Wall
Binary build 805 provided by ActiveState Corp. http://www.ActiveState.com
Built 18:08:02 Feb 4 2003
...
However, the version string may vary.