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You probably have some questions about Perl, and maybe even some about this book; especially if you’ve already flipped through it to see what’s coming. So, we’ll use this chapter to answer them, including how to find answers that we don’t provide.
If you’re anything like us, you probably didn’t get to browse this book before you bought it. As we finish up this edition, the bookstore Borders is closing many of its stores and other booksellers aren’t doing much better. You might be reading this book in a digital form that you downloaded, or as HTML in Safari Books Online. How can you find out if this book is the one you want to buy if you can’t look at it first? How can we warn you off if you need to buy the book to read this paragraph?