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The whole perl -v reads:

This is perl, v5.6.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)

Copyright 1987-2001, Larry Wall

Binary build 630 provided by ActiveState Tool Corp. http://www.ActiveState.com
Built 20:29:41 Oct 31 2001


Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'.  If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page.

Perl
Tested Version	This is perl, v5.8.0 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
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(Ranks in Red in the table below are those which fall below the average Rank for this language over all tests. The corresponding programs could possibly benefit from further optimization.)
Test	Source Code	Avg Rank: 27		Avg Rank: 22		Avg Rank: 12		Log
		CPU	Rank	Mem	Rank	LOC	Rank
Ackermann's Function	ackermann.perl	50.15	41	36100	41	11	16	log
Array Access	ary3.perl	17.83	31	1908	20	13	10	log
Count Lines/Words/Chars	wc.perl	2.17	20	1548	19	16	17	log
Echo Client/Server	echo.perl	18.88	1	3120	2	67	13	log
Exception Mechanisms	except.perl	16.76	28	1504	18	58	27	log
Fibonacci Numbers	fibo.perl	20.84	41	1492	26	8	10	log
Hash (Associative Array) Access	hash.perl	1.55	19	15500	37	11	9	log
Hashes, Part II	hash2.perl	8.75	24	3328	16	10	5	log
Heapsort	heapsort.perl	9.29	32	6068	28	46	8	log
Hello World	hello.perl	6.13	25	1376	25	1	4	log
List Operations	lists.perl	3.35	18	2196	14	30	7	log
Matrix Multiplication	matrix.perl	34.31	30	1604	21	34	10	log
Method Calls	methcall.perl	25.65	30	1464	18	48	15	log
Nested Loops	nestedloop.perl	17.38	39	1484	25	23	39	log
Object Instantiation	objinst.perl	81.92	29	1504	18	52	13	log
Producer/Consumer Threads	prodcons.perl	F	(F) *	F	(F) *	38	10	log
Random Number Generator	random.perl	4.85	38	1856	30	12	5	log
Regular Expression Matching	regexmatch.perl	4.46	4	1556	5	28	9	log
Reverse a File	reversefile.perl	7.20	31	20700	29	2	5	log
Sieve of Erathostenes	sieve.perl	43.92	38	1888	26	18	15	log
Spell Checker	spellcheck.perl	7.12	23	5516	18	13	14	log
Statistical Moments	moments.perl	4.00	26	16412	33	36	3	log
String Concatenation	strcat.perl	0.10	13	1708	18	6	4	log
Sum a Column of Integers	sumcol.perl	13.81	33	1468	19	4	8	log
Word Frequency Count	wordfreq.perl	F	(F) *	F	(F) *	10	1	log
*Test Implemented but not measured (timeout or error).