/|\
                             / | \
                            /  |  \
                           |   |   |
                  '''''''' |   |   |
                 ( O     O )
                      /\    
                     -|-|-|             This may not be
                      __            the best illustration
                     |  |            of "read the book"
                                   but it will have to do.

Irrelevant: BTW, FSF, a somewhat more reliable source for software, describes p2c as a Pascal-to-C converter without any mention of Perl.