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Perl is a programming language created by Larry Wall in 1987 that aims to be friendly. The document provides a brief history of Perl, noting that version 1.0 was created in 1987, version 5 was released in 1994 and has continued to be updated, and that Perl 6 is still in development.
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ABSTRACT: A prima vista, un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ potrebbero avere in comune il fatto di essere entrambi blocchi di costruzione, o dipendenze di progetti creativi e software. La realtà è che un mattoncino Lego e il caso della backdoor XZ hanno molto di più di tutto ciò in comune.
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