Not to someone who doesn't know Perl. But this is the same for every language. No one should be picking up a new language and working with it if they don't know

Not to someone who doesn't know Perl. But this is the same for every language. No one should be picking up a new language and working with it if they don't know it. EDIT: To clarify, I mean there should never be the expectation that you can start working in a language in earnest without properly learning it.