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Perl and the Scripting Language That Glued Unix and the Early Web Together

Perl grew from Larry Wall's Unix text-processing needs into a flexible scripting language that connected files, processes, databases, CGI programs and the early Web through a vast culture of reusable modules.

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CPAN and the Idea of a Global Software Library for a Programming Language

CPAN turned Perl modules into a globally mirrored, searchable and installable software archive, helping establish the modern idea of a language-specific package ecosystem.

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