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Perl vs Strawberry Perl: catalog facts
Perl	Strawberry Perl
Free Free and open source.	Free Free of charge.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, Command line
Very strong text processing and regular expressions Over 42,000 CPAN distributions	Includes gcc so CPAN modules with C code build on Windows Bundles common libraries and database clients
Terse syntax can be hard to read Less common in new projects than Python	Windows only Large download compared with a bare Perl interpreter
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Artistic-1.0-Perl OR GPL-1.0-or-later	License: Artistic-1.0-Perl OR GPL-1.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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