Expect to come across this popular question in Perl basic interview questions. Perl is a high-level, interpreted, general-purpose programming language created by Larry Wall. Initially, the language was called "Practical Extraction and Reporting Language", and this was later made into the acronym – Perl. This language borrows its features from other languages, including C, Shell Script (sh), and AWK. It was initially developed as general-purpose programming language for text manipulation. Nowadays, developers use it for web application development, network programming, system administration tool development, GUI app development, and more.