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Perl virtual machine
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<p>The Perl virtual machine is a <a href="/facts/Stack_machine/IBtk4NRA">stack-based</a> <a href="/facts/Application_virtual_machine/BLevU3sx">process virtual machine</a> implemented as an <a href="/facts/Opcode/UaLMp56C">opcodes</a> <a href="/facts/Interpreter_(computing)/JB85fbyb">interpreter</a> which runs previously compiled programs written in the <a href="/facts/Perl/fx31kjlT">Perl</a> language. The opcodes interpreter is a part of the Perl interpreter, which also contains a <a href="/facts/Compiler/WNfCDFJe">compiler</a> (<a href="/facts/Lexical_analysis/T1JYWpIf">lexer</a>, <a href="/facts/Parsing/nRKB01S3">parser</a> and <a href="/facts/Compiler_optimization/JXnv4LUd">optimizer</a>) in one executable file, commonly /usr/bin/perl on various <a href="/facts/Unix-like/YAKrAxzd">Unix-like</a> systems or perl.exe on <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a> systems. </p>