Purpose of this Book
This book has been created for a number of reasons. The primary reason
is to provide a freely redistributable tutorial for the Perl language.
In writing this freely redistributable tutorial, it is our hope that the
largest number of people can have access to it and share it.
In the Perl community, we have discovered ways to save time by writing
Perl programs that make our jobs and lives easier. Surely, Perl is not
a panacea, but it has certainly made our lives a little bit better. It
is hoped that you can use Perl to make your jobs and lives easier, too.
