Editing Perl (section)

== Ports ==
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Perl is [[dual licensed]] under both the [[Artistic License]] 1.0<ref name="artistic-1.0">{{cite web|url=http://dev.perl.org/licenses/artistic.html|title=The "Artistic License" - dev.perl.org|website=dev.perl.org|access-date=June 24, 2016|archive-date=July 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724213601/http://dev.perl.org/licenses/artistic.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="artistic-1.0-git">[http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/blob/HEAD:/Artistic Artistic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725033309/http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/blob/HEAD:/Artistic |date=July 25, 2018}} - file on the Perl 5 git repository</ref> and the [[GNU General Public License]].<ref name="licensing">{{cite web |url=http://dev.perl.org/licenses |title=Perl Licensing |access-date=2011-01-08 |publisher=dev.perl.org |archive-date=January 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122175123/http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Distributions are available for most [[operating system]]s. It is particularly prevalent on [[Unix]] and [[Unix-like]] systems, but it has been ported to most modern (and many obsolete) platforms. With only six{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} reported exceptions, Perl can be compiled from [[source code]] on all [[POSIX]]-compliant, or otherwise-Unix-compatible, platforms.<ref name="cpanports">{{cite web |url=http://www.cpan.org/ports/ |title=Perl Ports (Binary Distributions) |publisher=CPAN.org |last1=Hietaniemi |first1=Jarkko |year=1998 |access-date=April 16, 2006 |archive-date=April 18, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060418115903/http://www.cpan.org/ports/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Because of unusual changes required for the [[classic Mac OS]] environment, a special port called MacPerl was shipped independently.<ref name="macperl">{{cite web |url=http://www.macperl.com/ |title=The MacPerl Pages |year=1997 |publisher=Prime Time Freeware |access-date=January 18, 2006 |archive-date=January 18, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060118125208/http://www.macperl.com/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[CPAN|Comprehensive Perl Archive Network]] carries a complete list of supported platforms with links to the distributions available on each.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cpan.org/ports/ |title=Perl Ports (Binary Distributions) |access-date=2011-01-27 |publisher=[[CPAN]] |archive-date=April 18, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060418115903/http://www.cpan.org/ports/ |url-status=live}}</ref> CPAN is also the source for publicly available Perl modules that are not part of the core Perl distribution.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}

ActivePerl is a closed-source distribution from [[ActiveState]] that has regular releases that track the core Perl releases.<ref name="activestate">{{cite web |url=http://www.activestate.com/activeperl |title=ActivePerl is Perl for Windows, Mac, Linux, AIX, HP-UX & Solaris |access-date=2011-01-09 |publisher=[[ActiveState]] Software |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331201814/http://www.activestate.com/activeperl |archive-date=March 31, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The distribution previously included the [[Perl package manager]] (PPM),<ref name="activestateppm">{{cite web |url=http://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.12/faq/ActivePerl-faq2.html |title=Using PPM |access-date=2011-01-09 |publisher=[[ActiveState|ActiveState Software]] |archive-date=August 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827110749/http://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.12/faq/ActivePerl-faq2.html |url-status=live}}</ref> a popular tool for installing, removing, upgrading, and managing the use of common Perl modules; however, this tool was discontinued as of ActivePerl 5.28.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Crane |first1=Dana |date=July 23, 2019 |url=https://www.activestate.com/blog/goodbye-ppm-hello-state-tool/ |title=Goodbye PPM, Hello State Tool |website=Activestate.com |access-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-date=July 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728080612/https://www.activestate.com/blog/goodbye-ppm-hello-state-tool/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Included also is [[PerlScript]], a [[Windows Script Host]] (WSH) engine implementing the Perl language. [[Visual Perl]] is an ActiveState tool that adds Perl to the [[Visual Studio]] [[.NET]] development suite. A [[VBScript]]-to-Perl converter, a Perl compiler for Windows, and converters of [[AWK]] and [[sed]] to Perl have also been produced by this company and included on the ''ActiveState CD for Windows'', which includes all of their distributions plus the [[Komodo IDE]] and all but the first on the Unix–Linux–POSIX variant thereof in 2002 and afterward.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}