Editing Perl (section)

=== Early versions ===

[[Larry Wall]] began work on Perl in 1987, while employed as a programmer at [[Unisys]];<ref name="programmingperl2"/> he released version 1.0 on December 18, 1987.<ref name="perltimeline"/><ref name="long">{{Cite magazine |last=Long |first=Tony |title=Dec. 18, 1987: Perl Simplifies the Labyrinth That Is Programming Language |language=en-US |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/2007/12/dec-18-1987-perl-simplifies-the-labyrinth-that-is-programming-language/ |access-date=2023-02-14 |issn=1059-1028}}</ref> Wall based early ''Perl'' on some methods existing languages used for text manipulation.<ref name="long"/>

Perl 2, released in June 1988,<ref name="Kalita ">{{Cite book |last=Kalita |first=Jugal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aMuuTttVDcIC |title=On Perl: Perl for Students and Professionals |date=December 2003 |publisher=Universal-Publishers |isbn=978-1-58112-550-4 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Perl Culture |url=https://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/perl/prog3/ch27_01.htm |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=docstore.mik.ua |language=en-US}}</ref> featured a better regular expression engine. Perl 3, released in October 1989,<ref name="Kalita "/> added support for [[binary data]] streams.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holloway |first=Ruth |title=Perl turns 30 and its community continues to thrive |url=https://opensource.com/article/17/10/perl-turns-30 |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Opensource.com |language=en}}</ref>