What do I need to do?
install Perl (if you have a UNIX box, chances are that it is already installed!)
install at least the CGI.pm Perl module from CPAN
configure your Web server to recognise files ending in ‘.pl’ (and ‘.cgi’) as Perl programs
buy one of the O’Reilly Perl books
visit <www.perl.org> and <www.perl.com> for tutorials, tips and example code