### PERL LANGUAGE ###

#   ELEMENT_NAME [optional-css-class] REGULAR_EXPRESSION

    NAME                        Perl
    VERSION                     1.9.2
  
    COMMENT                     (?default)|(\#.*?$)
    STRING                      (?default)|(<<<EOT.*?^EOT)
    REGEX:PREPROCESSOR          \b\w*/([^\r\n]|(?<=\\)/)+/\w*\b
    
    TAG                         <\?php|<\?|\?>
    STATEMENT                   \b(?alt:statement.txt)\b
    RESERVED                    \b(?alt:reserved.txt)\b
    COMPILE:CONSTANT             \b(?alt:compile.txt)\b
    
    ENTITY                      (?default)|\b[a-z_]\w*(::|->)
    VARIABLE                    (\$|%)[a-z_]\w*\b
    IDENTIFIER                  \b[a-z_]\w*\b\s*(?=\([^\)]*\))
    CONSTANT                    \b[a-z_]\w*\b
    OPERATOR                    (?default)
    SYMBOL                      (?default)