That old a book is going to miss many changes to Perl. I'd recommend one of the less than ten years old books on https://learn.perl.org/books/, either Learning Perl 7th edition (covers Perl 5.24), or Modern Perl, Forth Edition (covers Perl 5.22). The latter is available for free online (including pdf and epub) as well as print copies.

Or, a little more pricey, Learning Perl 8th edition (covers Perl 5.34).

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