Which version of Perl is built into MATLAB? 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?

Answer 1

[Friedrich]

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.

Answer 2

[Sean de Wolski]

From looking inside of perl, i.e. edit perl

On Windows, MATLAB uses its own Perl interpreter and this is located here (13b at least):

perlCmd = fullfile(matlabroot, 'sys\perl\win32\bin\');

So opening and viewing these files in the Windows Explorer, you can right click on them and look at the properties for your installation which include details.

winopen(perlCmd)