Resources for Perl Programmers
So far, I’ve described three tools that can make your life easier as a Perl programmer. You might be wondering where you can find information about other tools or about the Perl language itself. In this section, I’ll discuss the built-in Perl documentation, various Web sites, and two book resources. I’ll also take a look at CPAN—the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, a huge archive of Perl modules that you can use to save yourself work.
Perl Documentation
First of all, when Perl is installed on a system, lots of documentation is installed with it. This documentation takes three forms: man pages, POD files, and HTML documentation.
Man pages are the standard online documentation on computers running UNIX. If you ...
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