note Utilitarian When I learnt Perl it was for my own entertainment and I had no academic background and no one to advise me on suitable training material, however I found a very popular script archive on the internet...several years later I think I've cured most of the errors I leant there ;) <p> If you know C and have some level of familiarity with the Unix shell, Perl will take a relatively brief time to get up to speed for automation and reporting (the precise length of time is a function of your effort and ability). <p> Production level public facing code will take a bit longer and will require an understanding of multiple areas, not just of programming but of the underlying technologies also. <p> The trip is quite a long one however the voyage is fun.<p> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-681898"> <c>print "Good ",qw(night morning afternoon evening)[(localtime)[2]/6]," fellow monks."</c> </div></div> 1009358 1009358