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<h2>What is Perl?</h2>
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Perl is a stable, cross platform programming language.
It is used for mission critical
projects in the public and private sectors and is widely used to
program web applications of all needs.
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<dt><a href="http://use.perl.org/">use Perl;</a></dt>
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<a href="http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=09/08/07/046239&from=rss">Building a "useful Perl 6"</a><BR>
<a href="http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=09/07/28/105208&from=rss">Announce: Rakudo Perl 6 development release #19</a><BR>
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<a href="http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2008/05/07/beginners-introduction-to-perl-510-part-2.html">Beginner's Introduction to Perl 5.10, Part 2</a><BR>
<a href="http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2008/04/23/a-beginners-introduction-to-perl-510.html">A Beginner's Introduction to Perl 5.10</a><BR>
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<dt><a href="http://cpan.perl.org/">CPAN</a></dt>
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<a href="http://search.cpan.org/~bluet/AnyEvent-XMLRPC-0.01/">AnyEvent-XMLRPC-0.01</a><BR>
<a href="http://search.cpan.org/~burak/Text-Template-Simple-0.79_09/">Text-Template-Simple-0.79_09</a><BR>
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<a href="http://perlbuzz.com/2008/11/the-evolution-of-perl-frameworks.html">The evolution of Perl frameworks</a><BR>
<a href="http://perlbuzz.com/2008/11/perl-6-and-rakudo-command-line-to-be-worked-on-in-earnest.html">Perl 6 and Rakudo command line to be worked on in earnest</a><BR>
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<h2>Resources</h2>
<h3>CPAN</h3>
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CPAN is the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, a large collection
of Perl software and documentation.
Note that CPAN is also the name of a Perl module,
<a href="http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?CPAN.pm">CPAN.pm</a>, which
is used to download and install Perl software from the CPAN archive.
This FAQ covers only a little about the CPAN module and you may find
the documentation for it by using perldoc CPAN via the command line
or on the web at <a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/CPAN/lib/CPAN.pm">search.cpan.org/perldoc?CPAN.pm</a>.
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