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Discussion on: Top 43 Programming Languages: When and How to Use Them

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Matthew O. Persico

"Perl was introduced in 1987 as a utilitarian scripting language, evolving from CGI scripting."

Perl was introduced by Larry Wall in 1987. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl#Early_v...)

CGI wasn't a 'thing' until 1993.(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Gatew...)