hello everyone i would if i may ask a question before i start programing i was told and advised to learn perl

and before i do my job is networking by the way,never programed in my hole life and i would like to ask if i may and hope that someone qwould take the time to awnser my question what is the processing of perl generaly used for example

application programs

web script ect what is the general use for perl and what is the main arcehtecture behind its usfullness within the programing world and what is it most used for i would like to thankyou for taking the time in reading may mail yours sincerly shadowdevelopment