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A family of high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming languages.

Perl is a family of high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming languages. The languages in this family include Perl 5 and Perl 6. [Wikipedia]

  • Perl 5 is a capable, feature-rich programming language with about thirty years of development. Perl 5 runs on over 100 platforms from portables to mainframes and is suitable for both rapid prototyping and large scale development projects.
  • Perl 6, which began as a redesign of Perl 5 in 2000, is a separate language which has its own development team.
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Using EM algorithm for record linking

I am interested in linking records across 2 datasets by first name, last name, and birth year. Might this be doable with the EM algorithm, and if so, how? Consider the following record in the 1st as an example: Carl McCarthy,1967. I will search…
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Perl advantages in data management/statistical analysis?

I've frequently read that knowledge of Perl or Python complements SAS or R, and seen that Perl is a desirable language in job advertisements. Can anyone clarify this a bit more? Is Perl limited to text mining & database updates or does it have…
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How to understand the patterns of section names in a resume?

recently I am doing some text mining works with resumes. The objective is to divide the resume into several sections based on its headings and contents and then classify it for required jds. Eg. We know that a resume generally contains these…
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cumulative distribution function plotting

I have some values from different repetitions of different experiments and I need to plot cumulative distribution function. You can see a fraction of my file below. can you help me how can i do that. Experiment Replication Obs General0 0…
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