A Perl version would be good, but given that Modern Perl (http://onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl/ http://onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl/) is a fairly recent rele

A Perl version would be good, but given that Modern Perl (http://onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl/ http://onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl/) is a fairly recent release, I see many people just pointing newbies towards it since it's very much up to date.