Programming style in Perl?

Question

I work in Java so basically I use OOP paradigm during coding.I am about to start working in Perl and I was wondering what is the paradigm that Perl developers follow.In wiki it mentions that it supports many paradigms but I am not sure I understand this since it is a scripting language.So my question is:Are the object oriented patterns I'm familiar with in Java idiomatic in Perl, or will I need significant change to my design style to write effective Perl?Note: This is not a question to critique Perl. I actually have to work in Perl and would like to understand how the current way I program will change.

Answer 1

Perl affords the opportunity to write in a functional programming style or with the use of some modules, the ability to support an OOP type style. You should not have to change a great deal although the concept of "self", the originating object becoming the first arg to the oo function may be a little different. It is akin to the concept of "this".