category: Interpreters Perl requires: cygwin libcrypt2 libdb5.3 libgdbm6 libgdbm_compat4 perl_base perl5_032 sdesc: "Perl programming language interpreter" ldesc: "Perl programming language interpreter Perl is a general-purpose programming language originally developed for text manipulation and now used for a wide range of tasks including system administration, web development, network programming, GUI development, and more."