I will definitely look into those sources. I picked up O'Reilly's "Learning Perl" and have started flipping through it. I'll check out those that you've suggested too.
It's just good to know that it is possible.
Thanks again.
Comment on Re^2: Using Perl to simulate evolution.
"Learning Perl Objects, References and Modules" (aka the wooly llama) is also a good next step after you finish "Learning Perl"- I keep re-reading it (it's fairly short but very dense- or maybe that's me. ;) )
Does EVERYONE get a hankering to do this at some point? If not, what might it be indicative of? Hope you have fun in your quest- what a great reason to learn (perl)!