MATLAB: Which version of Perl is built into MATLAB? perl.m

perl.m

Perl is included with the MATLAB® software on Microsoft® Windows® systems, and thus MATLAB users can run user-created MATLAB functions containing the perl function http://www.mathworks.co.uk/help/matlab/ref/perl.html
As I understand it, the language varies between version and vendor and if code is run on windows or linux. Which version of Perl is included in matlab? Who is the vendor?

Best Answer

Hi,
simply call it and find it out. On Windows:
>> system(['"',fullfile(matlabroot, 'sys\perl\win32\bin\perl.exe'),'" -version'])
This is perl, v5.8.9 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread 
(with 12 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail) 
Copyright 1987-2008, Larry Wall 
Binary build 827 [291969] provided by ActiveState http://www.ActiveState.com 
Built Jan 26 2010 21:15:51 
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.org/, the Perl Home Page.
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