Background Information
Development Environment
Language Syntax
100

When was Perl Created?

What is 1987?

100

What type of software is Perl? It is probably already on your laptop, otherwise you can get it for free!

What is open source?

100

What is the prefix for an array?

What is @?

200

Who created Perl?

Who was Larry Wall?

200

Which operating systems is Perl available on?

What is Unix, Windows, and Mac OS?

200

What would be the output of the following code: 

my $name = Samantha;

print $name;



What is Samantha?


300

Why was Perl Created?

What is specially designed for text editing?


300

Which special program do you need to download before you can use Perl?

What is nothing?

300

How would you print “Hello World!”

What is print “Hello World!”;

400

What does the Perl acronym mean?

What is Practical Extraction and Reporting Language?

400

What is a distribution of Perl from ActiveState that has binary distributions of Perl for multiple platforms?

What is ActiveState Perl?

400

How many types of loops are there in Perl, and what are their names?

-what is 5 loops?

-what are while loops, for loop, until loops, do while loops, and do until loops?

500

What are some of the main criticism of Perl?

What is the data that looks random known as “line noise”?

500

What is a 100% Open Source Perl for Windows that is exactly the same as Perl everywhere else?

What is Strawberry Perl?

500

Which two loop types require special syntax to use next and last operators?

What are do while and do until loops?