so I decided to print up all the information I could Google and find in here (which wasn't very much, mind you)

Wow, how is that possible? Besides your massive local (I realize "google" can't search it) perl documentation (perldoc perltoc), there is

• Tutorials
  • Writing, Installing, and Using Modules
    • Simple Module Tutorial
  • Getting Started with Perl
    • Where and how to start learning Perl
      • Complete books online:
        
        • Beginning Perl by Simon Cozens, Peter Wainwright
          • chapter on modules
        • MacPerl: Power and Ease by Vicky Brown and Chris Nandor
          • chapter on modules

Wasn't this tutorial helpful?

E:\> perldoc perltoc |grep module
            processes and process groups, Keywords related to perl mod
+ules,
            -I*directory*, -l[*octnum*], -m[-]*module*, -M[-]*module*,
            -M[-]*'module ...'*, -[mM][-]*module=arg[,arg]...*, -n, -p
+, -P,
  perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
  perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
            module (sometimes unnecessary), INSTALL the module
  perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution
        What should I make into a module?
...
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