SAMS Teach Yourself Perl in 24 Hours THIRD EDITION

Full List of Standard Modules

A lengthy description of the full list of modules included with Perl is well beyond the scope of this book. The following is a listing of the modules in the standard Perl distribution with a brief description. If you're curious about what the module does and how it works, use perldoc to view the documentation for a specific module.

Module Name	Description
AutoLoader	Allows Perl to compile functions only when needed.
AutoSplit	Splits modules for autoloading.
Benchmark	Allows repetitive timing of Perl functions for speed benchmarking.
CGI	Allows easy access to the Common Gateway Interface for Web programming, covered in Hours 17 to 24.
CPAN	Provides access to the archive of Perl's modules, for installing new modules.
Carp	Generates ...