I don't care *what* you criticize, as long as you make accurate well informed criticisms. So is your main point that perl.com and perl.org are hard to use for the beginner, or that perl lacks an appropiate "beginner's" tutorial?
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If you ask me, from my personal experience, probably a bit of both. i am still confused by perl.com. Admittedly though i havn't really looked at perldoc. When i first started i looked at it, and was overwhelmed by the amount of info there. But (at least for the moment) perldoc.com is down anyway...