Perl

Ø    Perl takes the best features from other languages, such as C, awk, sed, sh, and   BASIC, among others.
Ø    Perl works with third-party databases like Oracle, Sybase, Postgres, and many others through the abstract database interface called DBI.
Ø    Perl can work with HTML, XML, and other mark-up languages.
Ø    Perl has Unicode support. Perl always has been and always will be Y2K compliant.
Ø    Perl supports both procedural and object-oriented programming.
Ø    Perl can interface with external C/C++ libraries through XS or SWIG.