Perl was weird, messy, brilliant, and absolutely foundational to the early web.

Before modern frameworks and JavaScript everywhere, Perl powered CGI scripts, forms, counters, search tools, admin panels, and the kind of text processing that made the first dynamic websites possible.

A lot of people remember Perl as a joke. History says otherwise.

https://linuxexpert.org/perl-the-strange-language-that-built-the-early-web/

#Perl #Linux #OpenSource #WebDevelopment #CGI #Programming #SoftwareHistory #SysAdmin #LinuxExpert

Perl was weird, messy, brilliant, and absolutely foundational to the early web.

Before modern frameworks and JavaScript everywhere, Perl powered CGI scripts, forms, counters, search tools, admin panels, and the kind of text processing that made the first dynamic websites possible.

A lot of people remember Perl as a joke. History says otherwise.

https://linuxexpert.org/perl-the-strange-language-that-built-the-early-web/

#Perl #Linux #OpenSource #WebDevelopment #CGI #Programming #SoftwareHistory #SysAdmin #LinuxExpert