Why is Perl used so extensively in Biology research?

Posted by Kevin on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Kevin
Published on 2010-03-26T22:27:28Z Indexed on 2010/03/26 22:33 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 512

Filed under:

perl

|

biometrics

|

bioinformatics

|

biology

I work as support staff in a Biology research institute as a student, and Perl seems to be used everywhere. Not for every single project, but it seems that more than half the people here have a few Perl books in/on their office/desk.

Why is Perl used so much in Biology?

© Stack Overflow or respective owner

Related posts about perl

Munin on Centos 6 - missing perl MODULE_COMPAT_5.8.8

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
I'm trying to install Munin on a new VPS through yum install munin but I keep getting an error about a missing perl module: Requires: perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_5.8.8). This is the perl version currently installed: v5.10.1. I've searched all around and still haven't found a solution for this. Here's the… >>> More
Pain removing a perl rootkit

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
So, we host a geoservice webserver thing at the office. Someone apparently broke into this box (probably via ftp or ssh), and put some kind of irc-managed rootkit thing. Now I'm trying to clean the whole thing up, I found the process pid who tries to connect via irc, but i can't figure out who's… >>> More
How To Avoid a Perl script calling an Another Perl Script

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hello, i am calling a perl script client.pl from a main script to capture the output of client.pl in @output. is there anyway to avoid the use of these two files so i can use the output of client.pl in main.pl itself here is my code.... main.pl ======= my @output = readpipe("client.pl"); client… >>> More
Perl :how to sort dates in perl

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hi, How can I sort the dates in perl. my @dates = ( "02/11/2009" , "12/20/2001" , "11/21/2010" ) ; I have above dates in my array . How can I sort those dates... ? My date format is dd/mm/YYYY. >>> More
please suggest a perl book exclusively for perl programs

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I want tha name of a perl book for only PERL PROGRAMS. The reason behind is I want to improve my programming skill in perl >>> More

Related posts about biometrics

C# - Fingerprint Biometrics

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
We are wanting to add support for fingerprint authentication in a .Net 3.5 application. We currently are only using the sdk from Griaule. But this only supports like 5 usb plug-and-play devices. We are wanting to support most readers included with laptops, tablets, etc. Is there a universal way… >>> More
Storing and comparing biometric information

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I am not sure whether this is the best place to post this. But this is strongly related with programming so decided to put this here. In general we use biometrics in computer applications say for authentication. Lets get 2 examples finger prints and facial recognition. In those cases how we keep… >>> More
Third party biometric software.

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
Most of us with fingerprint readers and such devices probably use the software provided by the vendor, to enable biometric OS login or single sign-on functionality. However, I've recently wondered if there is any third-party software that will do the same thing? This would be similar to how you… >>> More
Why is my biometric logon method no longer default and how to fix it? Win 7-based lenovo laptop

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
My laptop has been having some random problems with hibernating properly. That is a whole another topic that I still haven't resolved, but this is a different issue. The issues are connected, I guess, because one time after my computer experienced a failed hibernate, my login screen changed: since… >>> More
Non-OEM Biometric Software?

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
Most of us with fingerprint readers and such devices probably use the software provided by the vendor, to enable biometric OS login or single sign-on functionality. However, I've recently wondered if there is any third-party software that will do the same thing. This would be similar to how you… >>> More