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- From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@convex.COM>
- Subject: comp.lang.perl FAQ (part 0 of 2)
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- This article contains the table of contents to some of the most
- frequently asked questions in comp.lang.perl, a newsgroup devoted to
- the Perl programming language. There are two pieces following
- this, the general information questions in part1 and the largely
- technical opnes in part2.
-
- They're all good questions, but they come up often enough that
- substantial net bandwidth can be saved by looking here first before
- asking. Before posting a question, you really should consult the Perl
- man page; there's a lot of information packed in there.
-
- Some questions in this group aren't really about Perl, but rather
- about system-specific issues. You might also consult the Most
- Frequently Asked Questions list in comp.unix.questions for answers
- to this type of question.
-
- The current version of perl is 4.035 (version 4, patchlevel 35).
- There haven't actually been 35 updates to perl4; rather, the context
- diffs posted to the net have been broken up into 35 news-digestable
- chunks.
-
- This list is maintained by Tom Christiansen, and is archived on
- convex.com [130.168.1.1] in the file pub/perl/info/faq. If you
- have any suggested additions or corrections to this article, please
- send them to Tom at either <tchrist@convex.com> or <convex!tchrist>.
- Special thanks to Larry Wall for periodically reviewing this list for
- accuracy and especially for writing and releasing Perl in the first place.
-
- --
- Tom Christiansen tchrist@convex.com convex!tchrist
- I already have too much problem with people thinking the efficiency of
- a perl construct is related to its length. On the other hand, I'm
- perfectly capable of changing my mind next week... :-) --lwall
-