note Louis_Wu Welcome to the Monastary. I suggest that you buy/borrow [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperl3/|Learning Perl], but until then, try these out: <ul> <li>[id://187006]</li> <li>[id://211302]</li> <li>[id://8215] if you're interested in OOP</li> <li>[id://955]</li> <li>[id://969]</li> <li>[id://9096]</li> <li>[id://46769]</li> <li>[id://78752] (for a laugh, check out [id://251386|this] redefinition of RTFM:)</li> <li>[id://88222]</li> <li>[id://105620] (hmm, I should read that one)</li> <li>[id://172086]</li> <li>[id://213052] (why not?)</li> </ul> Also, check out the [Tutorials] section (though it does sound like you did look in there) and [Super Search] for more info. ... Looking at a [Super Search] on "learn" and "perl" restricted to root nodes of [Tutorials] and [Meditations], I'm becoming convinced that you should start there. <p> If you put a little effort into finding the right docs, you'll find that almost everything you want to know about programming is available, either here or elsewhere on the 'net, for free. And if you have some money to spend, you can get some more great docs. Put in a little time searching, and you'll love the results. <p><hr /> Perl programming and scheduling in the corporate world, as explained by [dragonchild]: <blockquote> "Uhh ... that'll take me three weeks, broken down as follows: 1 day for coding, the rest for meetings to explain why I only need 1 day for coding." </blockquote> 251590 251590