in reply to Material for a quick Perl Tutorial

Leave out section one. You could do a full hour on each, but neither is really crucial to getting up and going in Perl.

Leave out section two. I know this is the stuff that makes Perl so cool, but newcomers won't be able to appreciate it--JAPH, golf, and obfuscation can be downright scary.

Section three is good. Discuss special variables there, towards the end.

Consider saving section four for it own class.

Section five would make a good handout, rather than a lecture topic. Consider added usenet to your resource list.

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RE (tilly) 2: Material for a quick Perl Tutorial
by tilly (Archbishop) on Aug 24, 2000 at 02:08 UTC
    I once had 2 hours for a similar task. I did 1, briefly, then 3 for most of the rest of the time and barely had time to touch on anything else. People found that useful.

    OTOH this was many moons ago, and the people there knew less programming than they thought...YMMV.

    But it takes longer to say things than you think it will.