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Perl

• detection recognise a file as this language
• comments strip comments without parsing
• facets know it hosts components or styles
• conventions find its tests and fixtures
• toolchain name a tool that handles it
• compiler build or run it
• analyser lint or format it
• ecosystem resolve its packages

id

perl

role

programming

claims first

.pl .pm

extensions

.al .cgi .fcgi .perl .ph .pl .plx .pm .psgi .t

filenames

.latexmkrc Makefile.PL Rexfile ack cpanfile latexmkrc

shebangs

cperl perl

line comment

#

block comment

=pod … =cut

toolchains

perlls, perlnavigator, perlpls, perl-debug-adapter, Better Code Hub, Betterscan CE, callGraph, Checkmarx CxSAST, CodeScene, DerScanner, graudit, HCL AppScan Source, Mega-Linter, Perl::Analyzer, Perl::Critic, perltidy, Sigrid, Super-Linter, zarn

ecosystems

CPAN

shares

.al with AL
.cgi with Python, Shell
.fcgi with Lua, PHP, Python, Ruby, Shell
.pl with Prolog, Raku
.pm with Raku, X PixMap
.t with Raku, Terra, Turing