Going Deeper

Because this whole chapter is a larger version of the “Going Deeper” sections, there's not much left to talk about here. So instead, a reminder: If you have problems, questions, difficulties, or just curiosities about how any part of Perl behaves—from the basic operators to regular expressions to references to modules—try the Perl documentation (man pages and POD files), and particularly the Perl FAQs—for help and more information. The camel book (The Perl Programming Language, which I mentioned in Day 1's “Going Deeper”) can often clear up many of the smaller details of how Perl is supposed to behave. If you're still stuck, hit the Web—www.perl.com, www.activestate.com (for Windows), and many of the other Web sites I've mentioned throughout this book can offer further assistance. Beyond that, there are a number of newsgroups (such as the comp.perl hierarchy—comp.perl.misc, in particular) and mailing lists where other Perl programmers hang out.

Good luck!