++VSarkiss...having said that, and understanding the shift in the material you're going to be presenting, consider calling it Cultured Perl. ;)

In all seriousness -- the time I've spent developing a barebones relationship with the Perl Culture has been invaluable. I know where to go with any good code I come up with, problems I have, and news I need.

perldoc, CPAN, ask's beginners list, the Monastery (of course!), c.l.p.m., use.perl;...cover the big resources, as stated, and warn them from a few key pitfalls (such as posting before thinking, or Matt Wri...no, I won't say it.) Consider pointing out the idiomatic nature of the language.

Once you've got them set up on the Monastery, I suspect Perl culture will suck them in on its own. :)

EDIT: acknowledged purposeful repitition

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