My dynamic language experience is solely PHP. I want to learn Perl now to broaden my knoweldge and just because I like programming. :)

well - i think it is useful to do some real live things with Perl. So i thought that i can dive into some tasks where perl is told to be very helpful and powerful in:

need some help with writing a web crawler with LWP found a great tutorial with fairly nice and helpful explanations: but unfortunatly there is no help - with some hints how to step further.

see the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-kU-mKrYjM

Dr. Rob Edwards from San Diego State University shows how to use Perl and LWP::Simple to write a simple web crawler. Perl part 6: Writing a web crawler with LWP unfortunatly we cannot follow the tutorial - since the code is not visible. can you help out here a bit. that would be a great pleasure.. and help in learing

In reply to help with writing a web crawler with LWP by butcher

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