What are the unique features in Perl

" Perl was originally written to manipulate text in files, extract data from files, and write reports, but through continued development, it can manipulate processes, perform networking tasks, process Web pages, talk to databases, and analyze scientific data."


 "Perl makes simple tasks easy, and makes difficult tasks possible."

 1) Perl using a scalar, but no boolean / integer / long / float / double / scring.
2) Perl inherits / extends features of many shell scripting languages: shell / korn shell / C shell / Born shell
3) there are above 25k open source modules on the CPAN site
one of the greatest advantages of Perl is the wealth of modules that can be found on CPAN.