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diff --git a/lang/perl5-base/pkg/DESCR b/lang/perl5-base/pkg/DESCR index 422f2238122..2b488353c49 100644 --- a/lang/perl5-base/pkg/DESCR +++ b/lang/perl5-base/pkg/DESCR @@ -1,7 +1,13 @@ -Perl is a language that combines some of the features of C, sed, awk -and shell. See the manual page for more hype. There are also two Nutshell -Handbooks published by O'Reilly & Assoc. See pod/perlbook.pod -for more information. +Perl is a high-level programming language with an eclectic heritage +written by Larry Wall and a cast of thousands. It derives from the +ubiquitous C programming language and to a lesser extent from sed, awk, +the Unix shell, and at least a dozen other tools and languages. Perl's +process, file, and text manipulation facilities make it particularly +well-suited for tasks involving quick prototyping, system utilities, +software tools, system management tasks, database access, graphical +programming, networking, and world wide web programming. These strengths +make it especially popular with system administrators and CGI script +authors, but mathematicians, geneticists, journalists, and even managers +also use Perl. Maybe you should, too. -This contains the base installation of Perl with some modules removed that -are externally available in pkgsrc. +This package contains the base installation of Perl and the Perl Library. |