You have the desire to learn Perl, that's a great start! The difficult part of learning any language is keeping
up the desire and motiviation. The best way to learn a language is to gain experience utilizing it.
A good way to start, think of a goal and create a deadline for yourself... and then GO For IT!! :) Granted, you
may fall into some pitfalls or have questions - but that's natural. You'll learn with each problem and question.
As you finish your project, you'll be amazed on how much you've learned - and you accomplish something as well(either
something fun or useful for work).
Here are some useful nodes:
If you run into any problems, feel free to ask -That's what we're here for (or one reason.. besides learning ourselves).