c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le
"print 'perl version: ', $];
 ;;
 use Module::CoreList;
 print 'Module::CoreList version: ', $Module::CoreList::VERSION;
 ;;
 my @moduleList = qw(Data::Dumper  File::stat  File::Find);
 ;;
 foreach my $module (@moduleList) {
   printf qq{'$module' };
   if (defined(my $fr = Module::CoreList->first_release($module))) {
     print qq{is a core module and was released: '$fr'};
     }
   else {
     print qq{is not core module};
     }
   }
"
perl version: 5.008009
Module::CoreList version: 2.24
'Data::Dumper' is a core module and was released: '5.005'
'File::stat' is a core module and was released: '5.004'
'File::Find' is a core module and was released: '5'