Along those lines, reading Programming Perl is a pleasure in good part because Larry et al. spend time explaining not just the language but also where some of i

Along those lines, reading Programming Perl is a pleasure in good part because Larry et al. spend time explaining not just the language but also where some of it comes from and its rationale (or not so rational ;-). Note that I'm referring to the first or second edition (maybe the third); I understand that the fourth edition is just recently out. TIMTOWTDI