1.a language used for writing computer programs
1.Perl offers a rich set of modules and libraries for the XML developer, rivaling that of any other language.
Perl为XML开发人员提供了一套非常丰富的模块和库，足以与其它语言相媲美。
2.The syntax itself was similar to that of Perl, albeit much more limited, simple, and somewhat inconsistent.
语法本身与Perl很相似，但是它很有限，很简单，还稍微有些不协调。
3.The point of Perl 5 regular expressions is to say either "look for this, " or "look for this and replace it with that. "
Perl5正则表达式要指明的或者是“寻找此内容”，或者是“寻找此内容，并用另一内容取代之”。
4.This is no "Learning Perl" material; at least a few years of programming experience are necessary to get through the rest of the book.
它不像“LearningPerl”那样例子都非常具体；要充分掌握本书剩余的部分，至少需要几年的编程经验。
5.In a bit of Perl shorthand, the array of field names and the array of parsed fields is combined into a hash.
通过一点Perl技巧，字段名数组和已解析字段数组被合并到一个哈希中。
6.The code must select only ELEMENT type nodes, because TEXT nodes do not support this method and produce a non-recoverable error in Perl.
在代码中只能选择ELEMENT类型的节点，因为该方法不支持TEXT节点，并且会在Perl中产生一个不可恢复的错误。
7.Perl is often thought of as a Swiss Army Knife or a large roll of duct tape.
Perl常常被认为是“瑞士军刀”或一大卷管带。
8.Python is object oriented, which gives it a significant advantage over such other scripting languages as Perl and Rexx.
Python是面向对象的，这使它与其它这类脚本编写语言如Perl和Rexx相比有了很大的优势。
9.Its creator, Guido van Rossum, wanted a language that, like Perl, would make it easy to do easy tasks yet also support hard tasks.
它的创造者GuidovanRossum想要一种语言，像Perl一样，可以很容易完成容易的任务，还支持困难的任务。
10.In PERL, the MIME type is set by writing it out at the start of the page, before any other content.
在Perl语言中，MIME类型在网页最开始声明，在任何其他内容之前。