This blog series introduces Perl, a versatile scripting language known for its flexibility and power in tasks like text processing, automation, and web development. Aimed at both beginners and programmers from other languages, the series will cover Perl basics (variables, control structures, subroutines) and move on to advanced topics like regular expressions, modules, and object-oriented programming.

This blog series introduces XS, a bridge language between Perl and C, allowing you to write subroutines in C and call them from Perl just like regular Perl functions. By offloading critical code to C, you can achieve significant performance improvements. XS also makes it possible to interface Perl with existing C libraries.