Summary

In this hour, you learned a little about what Perl is and how it works. As you go through this book, you'll pick up more details here and there. You also learned how to install Perl on your system and verify that it's working properly and that all the documentation is in place. Finally, you typed in—and, I hope, ran—your first Perl program. Afterward, you dissected that program and learned a little bit about how Perl works.