Thread:Bobmath/@comment-11090687-20141106215001/@comment-24453214-20141107010525

In the long run, if you really want to learn to use perl, you'll have to dig into for all sorts of module goodness. I can't even find a decent introduction to it, though, so I guess I might as well link you to the squikipedia page. Ugh, perl is so 80s. Installing modules from CPAN is really easier than from MacPorts... once you get one of the three interfaces set up. For some reason, there are CPAN.pm, CPANPLUS, and cpanminus. Oh, and perlbrew. And of course everyone has different advice about the best way to use them.