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I wanted to use Perl for some repetetive tasks in a Win32 environment, bought this book and got exactely what I wanted and needed. This is not a in-depth description of Perl, it is not a complete programmer's guide. It sets out to learn how to use Perl on Win32, and it delivers just that in a friendly no-nonsense manner. Good reading!

If you are a seasoned UNIX-user or programmer, this book is not what you want -- but then you probably are better off with the Perl Cookbook or all the extensive documentation available on the web. For the rest of us, who just want to learn how get complicated things done in a Win32 environment and has no previous Perl experience: This is a very good book indeed to get you started.