Insert obligatory reference to the camel (Programming Perl 3rd Edition), Learning Perl 3rd Edition or Learning Perl for Win32, and the Perl Cookbook.

I've read the camel practically cover to cover and keep it in the vicinity of the computer I'm using at all times. I only read Learning Perl for Win32 after I read the Camel but I still found it useful. I flipped through the Perl Cookbook pretty quickly and don't actually own a copy but if you learn well by example it's worth looking into.

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