This week's book giveaway is in the Design and Architecture forum. We're giving away four copies of Communication Patterns: A Guide for Developers and Architects and have Jacqui Read on-line! See this thread for details.
There are no Perl-specific tasks, but the built-in "Exec" task can run any system command. It's probably built around Runtime.exec. Check the Ant documentation for details.
What could go wrong in a swell place like "The Evil Eye"? Or with this tiny ad?