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Re:An experiment-driven guide to Perl by mattmight on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @05:40PM (#7221039)
You're exactly right.

An alternate theme for this article might be: "What happens when a formal semanticist looks at Perl?"

Re:An experiment-driven guide to Perl by ediblenergy on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @03:59PM (#7227243)
That would be a better title than "Learn Perl by experiment" or "perl-by-example" or "A Guide to Perl: By Experiment" all of which suggest a tutorial, which you're saying is not what you're trying to present.