"there are not even good reference sites for learning perl.My oly source are perl monks,stack overflow and some other random sites that pop up."

• first steps
• http://learn.perl.org
• The documentation
• Modern Perl (see also perl.org/library)

"can u elaborate???

On what? Keep in mind you're replying to a ten year old post.

"i think everyone should come forward and learn and teach perl to promote it and make it a widely popular language."

Please let us know when you are working towards this initiative.

fuck that perl

Perl is still a very nice and very useful language (and it is still a viable option for those with a lot of experience) but I very much doubt that someone who is starting out would be wise to invest in Perl for career purposes.

Recently had a discussion about some Python code with some Python "experts" and was able to show them multiple design problems, just because I was able to translate my deep Perl know how to Python.

So investment in dynamic languages as a whole is certainly good.

(citing Guido "from a 10 km perspective above Python, Ruby and Perl are exactly the same language" ->5:50 )

The dilemma is that the industry has no good criteria to judge the proficiency of a supposed "expert".

I'm often dealing with people with >10 year Perl "experience" unable to properly use modules.

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)
Je suis Charlie!}