* Perl supports Unicode.
* Perl is Y2K compliant.
* Perl works with HTML, XML, and other mark-up languages.
* Perl takes the best features from other languages, such as C, awk, sed, sh, and BASIC, among others.
* Perls database integration interface DBI supports third-party databases including Oracle, Sybase, Postgres, MySQL and others.
* Perl supports both procedural and object-oriented programming.
* Perl interfaces with external C/C++ libraries through XS or SWIG.
* Perl is extensible. There are over 20,000 third party modules available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN).
* The Perl interpreter can be embedded into other systems.
