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Transcriptions of two talks given by the author: one is an introduction to the perl debugger, and the other is a module tutorial.
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I'm talkin but nobody's listenin My talks on various subjects As you can see there aren't really a lot of these yet. I'll add them here as I get my arm twisted to give them 26 June 2001: Perl debugger intro 13 May 2002: Method...An explanation on how to create modules in Perl and the home page of the book with the same title.
http://www.pconline.com/~erc/perlmod.htm
Articles about Perl from beginner level to all kinds of advanced topics.
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ITworld.com Newsletter Archive A must for anyone who needs to develop or maintain Perl programs for any platform. Perl serves as a powerful replacement for shell programming and for most of what you would do in C. This guide helps to develop foundational...Perl related articles and tutorials.
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The Perl Archive's Learning Center Perl Articles Thank you for visiting the Learning Center's Perl Article index. Below are the currently available articles. If you'd like to write a Perl, webmaster, or general programming article, please contact our editor with a summary of the article you would...Volunteer experts answer your Perl questions.
http://www.allexperts.com/getExpert.asp?Category=1045
Examples of Perl usage with graphics, databases, files.
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Perl technology Netfactory.dk Perl can do many interesting things with networks and the internet. A small collection of examples. Using databases and other data tricks. DBI, Mysql and other data management tools. Working with Graphics from Perl. ImageMagick, Image::Size and Image::Info. Everything about...An illustrated guide to perl internals by Gisle Aas.
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PerlGuts Illustrated This document is meant to supplement the perlguts(1) manual page that comes with Perl. It contains commented illustrations of all (eventually major internal Perl data structures. Having this document handy hopefully makes reading the Perl source code easier. It might...Information about Perl, a link collection to tutorials and manuals and to Perl programming and script libraries.
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This article summarizes information about the distribution of Perl software. Perl: The First Post Modern Computer Language Larry Wall's talk at Linux World justifies Perl's place in postmodern culture. Extreme Perl Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) CPAN front page Modules...Advice on materials for learning Perl, and on how to proceed in learning from them.
http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/~sburke/pub/perl.html
Articles on Perl and on Perl modules.
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Perl Articles F documents font face arial size 2 23 January 2004 Parsing HTML Files span style font-weight: bold Who is this for/span>br> 8 December 2003 Accessing SQL Databases in HTML::Mason p style font-weight: bold Who is this for/p> 5 November 2003...Freely available copies of the training manuals used in Perl Training Australia's commercial courses.
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Perl Training Australia Course Notes Unlike manuals of other training houses, Perl Training Australia's manuals provide in-depth coverage of the topics they discuss. They include extensive references to further materials in books and on-line resources. Our manuals are constantly revised to keep their information correct...A page that contains CGI scripts and other scripts, and a link collection to other Perl sites.
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Dale Bewley's Perl Scripts and Links Do you need any custom programs? How about virtual hosting? Just let sales@bewley.net know. You might also take a look at our sevices page. These scripts are free for the taking, but copyrighted under the GNU GPL. If you use...Books, mailinglists, and news for people learning or interested in learning Perl.
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learn.perl.org: The site for people learning Perl. The site for people learning Perl. Learn Perl So, you want to learn perl? Where to start? A good place is this introduction or any of the books in the Beginners section below. As you learn more, you can move...Perl Language reference site featuring beginner tutorials, free scripts and Perl debugging information
http://www.pccontrolanywhere.com/perlcentral/
Index of tutorials covering attributes, prototypes, regular expressions, subroutines and advanced topics.
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Free Online Tutorials Freeskills.com Click here to be kept informed of our new Tutorials. PERL CATEGORY PROFESSIONAL PERL PART 5 ATTRIBUTE LISTS Attributes are a largely experimental feature, still under development, and only present from Perl version 5.6 on PROFESSIONAL PERL PART 4 RETURNING...List of contrary axioms of obfuscated code, and general tips.
http://jynx.perlmonk.org/content/obfuhints.shtml
A 'living' document that provides recipes to explain many OO features of the language.
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Perl6 Object Oriented Cookbook (v0.2.1) Perl6 Object Oriented Cookbook (v0.2.1) Perl6 Object Oriented Cookbook (v0.2.1) IMPORTANT: Read the About This Document Section FIRST, or you will be very, very confused. Introduction About This Document How to Contribute Preface Other General Perl6 Documentation Chapter 1: Types,...A series of extracts from the book by Dr. Damian Conway.
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~damian/papers/PDF/cyberdigest.pdf
Explains how to write fast and efficient code.
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When perl is not quite fast enough When perl is not quite fast enough Introduction Obvious things Compromises Banish the demons of stupidity Intermission Tests What causes slowness Step by step Small easy things Needless importing is slow regexps Devel::DProf Benchmark What causes slowness in perl? Ops...Official site for the how-to / reference guide on debugging Perl programs, by Peter Scott and Ed Wright.
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Perl Debugged For information on how to obtain your copy, click on the logos below ISBN 02011700549 288 Pages ISBN 4-89471-406-X Available in Japanese Courtesy of Pearson EducationIS 3/3/2004...Quickly find Perl Programming help, information, and assistance from other expert members.
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Perl You have come to the most powerful Perl resource in the world. Access instant solutions for your most demanding Perl problems. Our vast IT library puts more IT information at your finger tips. You are moments away from finding your...This compilation of Frequently Asked Questions and answers (FAQ) is intended to answer several of the first (and largely more basic) questions posted to the comp.lang.perl.tk newsgroup and the ptk mailing list.
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comp.lang.perl.tk FAQ Perl programming language is copyrighted by its author Nick Ing-Simmons nik@tiuk.ti.com whose COPYING file reads as follows: Copyright (c) 1995-1996 Nick Ing-Simmons. All rights reserved. This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same...How to build a perl module, how to document a perl module, how to document a perl program. Also PerlMonth articles, Perl modules. By Steven McDougall.
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Perl Module Mechanics How to build a perl module Module Anatomy A skeleton for a Perl module Module PODs How to document a perl module Program Anatomy A skeleton for a Perl program Program PODs How to document a perl program PerlMonth Articles...A column designed to help get the most out of Perl with topics including database connectivity, using the Perl debugger (or rolling your own), and tracking module use.
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DDJ>Perl Click here to check out the new Whitepapers section on the Developer Network LOG IN 8226; Register 8226; Forgot password? Registration FAQ What are the green links? All Access members only RSS Feed DDJ Columns Perl Perl Dr. Dobb's Perl...A beginners site for Perl with links, a mailing list and a Wiki.
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Perl Beginners Site Go to the navigation menu Home About News Online Tutorials Books Core Docs Article Collections Mailing Lists Web Forums IRC Channels Site Resources Mailing List Wiki Web Forum Platforms Mac OS UNIX/Linux Windows Uses Bio-Info QA and Testing Sys Admin...Far More Than Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Perl.
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FMTEYEWTK This series contains a set of documents that address perl-related certain topic areas in depth. They range from nothing but simple copies of somewhat lengthy news postings to real, full-blown, htmlified, complete tutorials. Don't neglect the faq or manual, though....An online version of the book by Simon Cozens that provides a complete introduction to Perl, aimed even for people without any programming knowledge.
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learn.perl.org: Beginning Perl First principles in programming and the Perl syntax Working with files and databases Writing web pages in Perl Using Perl as an object-oriented language Book overview Perl is a well-established programming language that has been developed through the time and...A getting started tutorial on the Perl programming language. Covers data types, variables, strings, expressions, input and output, flow control and regular expressions.
http://www.civeng.carleton.ca/Courses/Grad/1994-95/82.562/perl/
Database of Perl tutorials, text taken from books published by Wrox.
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Free Online Tutorials FindTutorials.com Click here to be kept informed of our new Tutorials. PERL CATEGORY PROFESSIONAL PERL PART 5 ATTRIBUTE LISTS Attributes are a largely experimental feature, still under development, and only present from Perl version 5.6 on PROFESSIONAL PERL PART 4 RETURNING...Instructions on downloading a Perl interpreter for your computer platform.
http://www.perl.com/pub/a/language/info/software.html
Marshall Brain shows in 6 pages how to read and write simple Perl scripts.
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Howstuffworks How Perl Works Perl is a fairly straightforward, widely known and well-respected scripting language. It is used for a variety of tasks (for example, you can use it to create the equivalent of DOS batch files or C shell scripts but in the...A thorough yet quick tutorial that touches on the major uses of Perl.
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Introduction to Perl Language freely available for Unix, MVS, VMS, MS/DOS, Macintosh, OS/2, Amiga, and other operating systems. Perl has powerful text-manipulation functions. It eclectically combines features and purposes of many command languages. Perl has enjoyed recent popularity for programming World Wide Web...Monthly series of hands-on Perl tutorials focusing on Perl for the Web.
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Mother of Perl: Free Perl Tutorials, Tips, Lessons, Tricks, and Code Webreference.com About home experts perl contents About Feedback Tools Scripts Xhoo resources perl.com CPAN WebTechniques Perl column archive Free newsletter! HTML (daily) Text (weekly) Welcome to Mother of Perl, a free how-to devoted to all things Perl. Introduction to NTP 5.04.2005...A tutorial from his one-day hands-on workshop. Covers the basics, subroutines, arrays, files and regular expressions.
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Perl tutorial: Start This tutorial was written in the early 1990's for version 4 of Perl. Although it is now significantly out of date, it was a popular source of information for many people over many years. It has therefore been left on-line...Contains materials from a 14 week course in Perl suited for self-study.
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Perl Course There is a newer version of these materials available here. This is a generic version of a class Computer Programming for Information Management that I taught twice a year at the School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University Bloomington....A series of lectures with comprehensive slides. Covers the basics, data structures, I/O, regular expressions, modules and objects, and some advanced topics.
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Perl for Perl Newbies Lecture Series Go to the navigation menu Home About Myself Work Hire Me! Humour Puzzles Computer Art Software Lectures Perl for Newbies Freecell Solver Lambda Calculus The Gimp GNU Autotools Web Meta Lecture Essays Opinion on DeCSS Cool Links Site Map Meta...A guide to Perl 5 for C/C++, awk, and shell programmers.
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Perl in 20 pages For internet search engines Table of Contents Introduction Perl Versions Obtaining Perl binaries, documentation Basics Command line usage: substituting text A simple one-shot script A prototype Perl script Control constructs Variables Scalar types String or number Null string/zero versus no...A dynamic tutorial by Nic Miloslav.
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Regular Expressions Tutorial ...A tutorial covering a simplified version of what perl can do. Covers variables, functions, arrays, flow control, subroutines and files.
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Perl Tutorial Perl is an interpreted programming language known for its power and flexibility. It combines the familiar syntax of C, C sed, awk, grep, sh, and csh into a tool that that is more powerful than the separate pieces used together....Covers the basics, regular expressions, objects, code safety, CGI scripting and files.
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perl.com: Beginners Intro to Perl Part 6 Sign In/My Account View Cart Articles Weblogs Books LearningLab News SAP TechEd 05 is now on DVD order for $395 and you could win an iPOD mini Search Advanced Search Perl.com Downloads Documentation CPAN Mirror FAQs Training Resources Article Archive...A freely redistributable tutorial book on Perl in text, HTML, pdf and postscript format.
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Picking Up Perl, a Freely Redistributable Perl Tutorial Book If you find this book useful, please contribute to the FSF through Affero. I work full time at the FSF now, and if the FSF receives enough donations via Affero ear-marked for this project, I will be able to contribute...A course with online slides. Covers the basics including syntax, files, regular expressions, data structures and process mangament.
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Perl Technology Israel Talks and Course Materials Selected slides of the other courses will be available later. YAPC Yet Another Perl Conference Presentations Chomp A one hour talk about Algorithms, Complexity and the Game of Chomp. Presented at YAPC::Europe::2002 in Munich, Germany download As presented in the...A Win32-friendly tutorial to Perl. Covers the basics, regular expressions, I/O, bulk functions, subroutines, modules and debugging.
http://www.sthomas.net/roberts-perl-tutorial.htm
Index page for several articles that Hal Pomeranz wrote for the USENIX Association's newsletter ";login:"
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SAGE Perl Practicum Perl programming to quote from the introduction to the first article, published in August 1993 We are pleased to present the entire collection here. Starting with the June 1998 issue login: has offered a series by Joseph Hall entitled Effective...An online book by David Till with programming examples that covers the basics of Perl.
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Teach Yourself Perl 5 in 21 days Table of Contents Teach Yourself Perl 5 in 21 days David Till Table of Contents: Introduction Who Should Read This Book? Special Features of This Book Programming Examples End-of-Day Q A and Workshop Conventions Used in This Book What You'll Learn in 21...Article by brian d foy about using the Perl debugger.
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DDJ>Using the Perl Debugger Click here to check out the new Whitepapers section on the Developer Network LOG IN 8226; Register 8226; Forgot password? Registration FAQ What are the green links? All Access members only RSS Feed DDJ Columns Perl 2001 Perl Using the...Learn how to code in Perl using this comprehensive tutorial.
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DevLearn: Perl Tutorial Perl Tutorial Perl IntroductionPerl StatementsPerl VariablesPerl OperatorsPerl BooleanPerl ConditionalPerl LoopingPerl Functions DevLearn. All Rights Reserved. Hosted by HostIllusion. Web Tutorials Home Learn JavaScript Learn Perl Learn XML Other Stuff Reference Errata Contact Us About Us Credits Partners SEO Shark PHP::Riot...Features a coverage of Perl fundamentals targeted at beginners. Available in PDF format.
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Perl 5 Tutorial My grateful thanks go to the owners of the aforementioned mirror(s) for their generosity in providing server resources to help distribute the document. ABOUT THIS PROJECT Welcome to the Perl 5 Tutorial. This is a project started by me (Bernard...Provides language history, function information and code examples.
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Perl Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Perl has a unique set of features, some borrowed from C, others from shell scripting (sh awk, sed, and (to a lesser extent) many other programming languages (even Lisp Perl makes heavy use of Regular Expressions. Contents 1 Overview 1.1...Free online book and forum.
http://perldesignpatterns.com/
That the author found useful and has learned from. Includes an introduction chapter and a reference chapter with links to Perl resources.
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Examples in Perl If you would like to contribute examples, please click below: Review and add my URL Review and add my Example...An article that describes a tiny set of functions to create text mode user interfaces in Perl without using external libraries.
http://www.zdo.com/articles/crea..._user_interfaces_with_perl.shtml
Learn Perl via heavily annotated basic scripts. Great for the technically inclined.
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Take 10 Minutes to Learn (TM PERL T include installation of tools needed to edit or run these scripts. Once these tools are installed, start your timer You may copy and paste the code to your own files and test it yourself. Expand on these basic concepts,...The Gang-of-Four Design Patterns book had a huge impact on programming methodologies in the Java and C++ communities, but what do Design Patterns have to say to Perl programmers? Phil Crow examines how some popular patterns fit in to Perl programming.
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perl.com: Perl Design Patterns Sign In/My Account View Cart Articles Weblogs Books LearningLab News SAP TechEd 05 is now on DVD order for $395 and you could win an iPOD mini Search Advanced Search Perl.com Downloads Documentation CPAN Mirror FAQs Training Resources Article Archive...Phil Crow continues his series on how some popular patterns fit into Perl programming.
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perl.com: Perl Design Patterns, Part 2 Sign In/My Account View Cart Articles Weblogs Books LearningLab News SAP TechEd 05 is now on DVD order for $395 and you could win an iPOD mini Search Advanced Search Perl.com Downloads Documentation CPAN Mirror FAQs Training Resources Article Archive...Using Perl to perform networking tasks is easy. An article by James Lee.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=3237
This tutorial covers how to parse multiple files of specified types in a specific directory and sub directories so that all files can have the same change made to them.
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Useful Perl Scripts With Regular Expressions Introduction The problem is that there never seems to be a piece of software out there that can help you with this problem. Some programs let you get close to doing what you want but in my experience none ever let...Short examples of Perl scripts with some explanation.
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Perl programming: help, examples, and tutorials I am available as a freelance Perl programmer. If you have a small programming request, you can always try tempting me to write it for you in exchange of a small gift (book, CD) on my Wish List. See Perl..."Perl is every bit as Y2K compliant as is your pencil; no more, and no less".
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perl.com: Y2K Compliance Sign In/My Account View Cart Articles Weblogs Books LearningLab News SAP TechEd 05 is now on DVD order for $395 and you could win an iPOD mini Search Advanced Search Perl.com Downloads Documentation CPAN Mirror FAQs Training Resources Article Archive...Quick program, complete with handouts, for fairly advanced students to learn Perl by creating a tic-tac-toe game.
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The Web Site of David J. Ritchie Looking for a good reporter, see The Web Site of Kim Raschke Just for the Money See my Ebay Web Page to bid on some items. Volunteer Activities I have done a number of school volunteer activities. A recent one...Annotated list of free online programming books. Topics range from beginner to advanced. Descriptions, publishing information, links.
http://www.freetechbooks.com/viewforum.php?f=5
A tutorial for Perl/Tk language. Teaches how to create and code GUI (Graphical User Interface) programs using Perl and using the Tk module.
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Perl/Tk Tutorial Create GUI with Perl's Tk Module Perl is an interpreted language optimized for scanning arbitrary text files, extracting information from those text files, and printing reports based on that information. It's also a good language for any system management tasks. The language is intended to be...Free online tutorial covering basic and advanced aspects of Perl for webmasters.
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This course will take you through all aspects of Perl programming and how it can be used for web development. Data Structures: Scalars, Arrays, Hashes Control Blocks: if/then/else, while/for/foreach loops Basic I/O: File Handles, STDIN/STDOUT Advanced I/O: Interacting with the...An introduction to Perl with lessons including: operators, arrays, and file manipulation.
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PERL Tutorial Introduction This tutorial will be covering the basics of PERL syntax, and several functions available for use on the web. The language is very simplistic, offering optimum flexibility, perfect for short to the point scripts. We will be incorporating our scripts...A Course Explaining how to write CGI programs with Perl. Assumes basic knowledge of Perl and HTML.
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Ovid's CGI Course Then this course is for you. Learn how to do Web programming securely and avoid many of the common pitfalls that other courses offer. The Course Introduction Why another online Web programming course? Lesson one A (mostly) painless demonstration of...The official frequently asked questions about Perl, as taken from the perldoc manpages.
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FAQs perldoc.perl.org See the project page for more details Show navigation Perl 5.8.7 documentation Show toolbar Home FAQs FAQsperlfaq frequently asked questions about Perl perlfaq1 General Questions About Perl perlfaq2 Obtaining and Learning about Perl perlfaq3 Programming Tools perlfaq4 Data Manipulation perlfaq5...A fairly comprehensive tutorial, from the basics of variables, objects and regular expressions to operator overloading, CGI, Tk, and image manipulation.
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Steve's place Perl Tutorial I like wasting my time writing scripts when I ought to be doing real work. Nevermind Lessons The tutorial is split into twenty-one sections, although you'll probably find it easier if you start from the beginning, especially if you're new...Site includes slides in English. Covers the basics, regular expressions, data structures, modules, closures and files and processes.
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Perl education at Haifa university, ISRAEL Perl topics from very basic Perl to advanced Perl programming, also focusing on special professions and research topics, showing how using Perl can help make hard things easy and seemingly impossible things possible. PURPOSE: To expose the audience to the...A collection of Frequently Asked Questions, How To documents, and tutorials.
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Welcome to perlmeme.org The documents cover a range of expertise levels. Some are suitable for beginners, others assume that you know some Perl already, and others cover advanced topics. If you're new to Perl, or even new to programming in general then perlmeme.org...An online book about Perl that focuses on HTML and CGI programming.
http://www.brainbell.com/tutors/Perl/