- Ingperl More Power, Less Programming Laura F. McGinnis Computing Services Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA Prepared for CA-IngresWorld '95 Abstract Perl is a public-domain language that bridges the gap between Unix shell and C programming. It simplifies text manipulation, file processing, and process management. When perl is combined with CA-Ingres SQL, the result is a simple yet ...www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~lfm/ingperl.html