I know you'd "rather not write an introductory article", but consider something like the Scientific American model, where you ramp up fast to the real meat of the article while still providing good information to those who might not have the experience (or interest?) to follow you all the way to the end of your arguments.
As a newbie with some experience and aspirations, I find that my favorite articles are the ones that I can follow partway.
Well then, I point you to Hitting the Motherlode, the article I wrote for Linux Magazine two years ago.
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Jeff[japhy]Pinyan:
Perl,
regex,
and perlhacker, who'd like a job (NYC-area)
s++=END;++y(;-P)}y js++=;shajsj<++y(p-q)}?print:??;