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Title: Forward the Perl Foundation
Review: To those fans of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series out there (and you know who you are), if Larry Wall is Hari Seldon, then Sriram Srinivasan has to be Yugo Amaryl, the brilliant mathematician who turned the intractable chaos of Psychohistory into the 'Prime Radiant'. Being strictly 1st Foundation myself, I used to get 99% of what I needed from the Llama, but curiosity drove me into the Panther's clutches and I was amazed at how much I managed to pick up. I did struggle from Chapter 17 onwards, where it gets a bit hairy, but this is because of my failings, not those of the author. From what I can make out, if you do manage to overcome Chapters 17 to 20, you will almost certainly be able to join the 2nd Foundation's noble rank of Perl Porters. Good Luck. (For those of you who are feverishly awaiting Mr O'Reilly's latest Perl offering, there is also an excellent section on Perl/Tk).
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