perl.com: Hidden Treasures of the Perl Core [May. 29, 2003]

Casey West has written a great article over at perl.com. He talks about all of the "Hidden Treasures" in the perl core modules. It's a pretty informative article, and I picked up a couple of tips from it. The article covers blib, diagnostics, benchmark, cgi, class, cwd, env moduels and more. If you are a perl person, this article is worth a read. Here is a quote from the article:

The Perl Core comes with a lot of little modules to help you get thejob done. Many of these modules are not well-known. Even some of the well-known modules have some nice features that are often overlooked. In this article, we'll dive into many of these hidden treasures of the Perl Core.