Question

What are the applications of Pearl ?

Answer 1

web pages, scripting things for operative systems, almost all linux comes with the pearl package because its widely used, u can write a really complex program with few lines in pearl it have tons of libraries and features to do that

Answer 2

http://www.perl.org/ "Perl 5 is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language." http://www.perl.org/about.html will give you a brief idea of the extent and types of Perl applications.