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adamZ88 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

All, I want to seriously expand my Perl knowledge. I am a network engineer and I have seen the powers of Perl and how it can make the job easier. I have limited programming experience. I took an intro to Java class, an HTML Class, a Ruby on rails class, and a programming for networking class where I learned Linux and pearl. Even though I like all of you monks, I would like to only come here for the real advanced stuff. How do you recommend that I go about mastering pearl programming? Do you have book recommendations or is it better to take a class?