Perl is a dynamic, object-oriented, interpreted, applications programming language with a full complement of security features, syntax-directed editors, debuggers, profilers and libraries. You can also write scripts in it. Perl lets you program any way you want, and XP helps you choose which way is the most effective for your project.

This chapter discusses how Perl shares similar values with XP, and how the Perl culture uses XP programming practices. Finally, we note why XP is needed to organize Perl’s exuberance.