Some of us would love the PERL certification exam to be available. In no other way would we be able to get job opportunities, because we don’t have much, if any, experience. I’ve had a quick stint in PERL development in 1999, but was only allowed limited coding, because the retail company I worked for does not officially accept the language. Soon I’m certifying in SCJP6 just to reskill to portals. In the region I stay, IT training is spread very thin and being able to buy a certification training book online and working through it at own pace makes it accessible. Certification will do the same for PERL – allow this beautiful language growth and expansion.