Overview

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An introduction to Perl, links to books, resources and community links - there are many ways to get started with Perl 5.

Changes

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Find out about the history of Perl and release notes (perldelta) for each version.

FAQs

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Categorised Frequently Asked Questions answered by the Perl experts.

Tutorials

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Tutorials, cheat sheets, recipes and getting started guides.

Platforms

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Perl runs on most platforms - find out where you can use it and what you should expect.

Utilities

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Standard utilities provided with the core Perl distribution.