Some random, thoughts... It is a good thing to know (yet) another programming language. Perl has strengths, Java has strengths. That gives one the opportunity to chose the language that is better suited for the job at hand (another tool in the box). I would not try to map Perl2Java (analogue: see perlsyn '...a C programmer might...'). Each language has its own idioms. You can profit from learning Java the Java-way (OO etc.). Agreed, usually Java means somewhat more typing compared to Perl (in other words: more time spend until the coding bliss kicks in ;-), but on the other hand that is often compensated by frameworks (e.g. Tomcat for servlets, JUnit for testing, etc.) and faster execution speed. The online Java documentation is quite good and extensive. Besides buying a book, this is an opportunity to ask your boss for a training or even a Java certification (set of trainings).

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