+<b>Hashes</b> (also known as "associative arrays", or in other languages
+"maps" or "dictionaries") allow the programmer to map arbitrary strings to
+arbitrary values. Perl has a convenient syntax to support hashes as first
-The 11th chapter of this book for Perl beginners (including absolute beginners)
-covers Objects. This book was written by one of the foremost Perl experts.
+Chapter 3 of "Beginning Perl" discusses hashes.