Summary

In this hour you learned a bit about the history of Perl and how the Open Source development model is used with Perl. You also learned about CPAN, why it exists, and who maintains it. Finally, you learned about what kinds of resources are available when you're having problems with your Perl programs.

Get SAMS Teach Yourself Perl in 24 Hours THIRD EDITION now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.