path perlfaq.* cpan/perlfaq/lib/
path perlglossary cpan/perlfaq/lib/
path perlxs(?:tut|typemap)? dist/ExtUtils-ParseXS/lib/
-path perldoc cpan/Pod-Perldoc/lib/
+path perldoc cpan/Pod-Perldoc/
-aux a2p c2ph h2ph h2xs perlbug pl2pm pod2html pod2man s2p splain xsubpp
+aux c2ph h2ph h2xs perlbug pl2pm pod2html pod2man splain xsubpp
=end buildtoc
perllocale Perl locale support
perluniintro Perl Unicode introduction
perlunicode Perl Unicode support
+ perlunicook Perl Unicode cookbook
perlunifaq Perl Unicode FAQ
perluniprops Index of Unicode properties in Perl
perlunitut Perl Unicode tutorial
perlhist Perl history records
perldelta Perl changes since previous version
- perl5175delta Perl changes in version 5.17.5
- perl5174delta Perl changes in version 5.17.4
- perl5173delta Perl changes in version 5.17.3
- perl5172delta Perl changes in version 5.17.2
- perl5171delta Perl changes in version 5.17.1
- perl5170delta Perl changes in version 5.17.0
- perl5161delta Perl changes in version 5.16.1
+ perl5218delta Perl changes in version 5.21.8
+ perl5217delta Perl changes in version 5.21.7
+ perl5216delta Perl changes in version 5.21.6
+ perl5215delta Perl changes in version 5.21.5
+ perl5214delta Perl changes in version 5.21.4
+ perl5213delta Perl changes in version 5.21.3
+ perl5212delta Perl changes in version 5.21.2
+ perl5211delta Perl changes in version 5.21.1
+ perl5210delta Perl changes in version 5.21.0
+ perl5202delta Perl changes in version 5.20.2
+ perl5201delta Perl changes in version 5.20.1
+ perl5200delta Perl changes in version 5.20.0
+ perl5184delta Perl changes in version 5.18.4
+ perl5182delta Perl changes in version 5.18.2
+ perl5181delta Perl changes in version 5.18.1
+ perl5180delta Perl changes in version 5.18.0
+ perl5163delta Perl changes in version 5.16.3
perl5162delta Perl changes in version 5.16.2
+ perl5161delta Perl changes in version 5.16.1
perl5160delta Perl changes in version 5.16.0
+ perl5144delta Perl changes in version 5.14.4
perl5143delta Perl changes in version 5.14.3
perl5142delta Perl changes in version 5.14.2
perl5141delta Perl changes in version 5.14.1
perlaix Perl notes for AIX
perlamiga Perl notes for AmigaOS
- perlbeos Perl notes for BeOS
+ perlandroid Perl notes for Android
perlbs2000 Perl notes for POSIX-BC BS2000
perlce Perl notes for WinCE
perlcygwin Perl notes for Cygwin
- perldgux Perl notes for DG/UX
perldos Perl notes for DOS
perlfreebsd Perl notes for FreeBSD
perlhaiku Perl notes for Haiku
perlriscos Perl notes for RISC OS
perlsolaris Perl notes for Solaris
perlsymbian Perl notes for Symbian
+ perlsynology Perl notes for Synology
perltru64 Perl notes for Tru64
perlvms Perl notes for VMS
perlvos Perl notes for Stratus VOS
perlboot
perlbot
+ perlrepository
perltodo
perltooc
perltoot
On a Unix-like system, these documentation files will usually also be
available as manpages for use with the F<man> program.
+Some documentation is not available as man pages, so if a
+cross-reference is not found by man, try it with L<perldoc>. Perldoc can
+also take you directly to documentation for functions (with the B<-f>
+switch). See C<perldoc --help> (or C<perldoc perldoc> or C<man perldoc>)
+for other helpful options L<perldoc> has to offer.
+
In general, if something strange has gone wrong with your program and you're
not sure where you should look for help, try making your code comply with
B<use strict> and B<use warnings>. These will often point out exactly
from quick "one-liners" to full-scale application development.
The language is intended to be practical (easy to use, efficient,
-complete) rather than beautiful (tiny, elegant, minimal).
-
-Perl combines (in the author's opinion, anyway) some of the best
-features of C, B<sed>, B<awk>, and B<sh>, so people familiar with
-those languages should have little difficulty with it. (Language
-historians will also note some vestiges of B<csh>, Pascal, and even
-BASIC-PLUS.) Expression syntax corresponds closely to C
-expression syntax. Unlike most Unix utilities, Perl does not
-arbitrarily limit the size of your data--if you've got the memory,
-Perl can slurp in your whole file as a single string. Recursion is of
-unlimited depth. And the tables used by hashes (sometimes called
-"associative arrays") grow as necessary to prevent degraded
-performance. Perl can use sophisticated pattern matching techniques to
-scan large amounts of data quickly. Although optimized for
-scanning text, Perl also has many excellent tools for slicing
-and dicing binary data.
-
-But wait, there's more...
-
-Begun in 1993 (see L<perlhist>), Perl version 5 is nearly a complete
-rewrite that provides the following additional benefits:
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-modularity and reusability using innumerable modules
-
-Described in L<perlmod>, L<perlmodlib>, and L<perlmodinstall>.
-
-=item *
-
-embeddable and extensible
-
-Described in L<perlembed>, L<perlxstut>, L<perlxs>, L<perlxstypemap>,
-L<perlcall>, L<perlguts>, and L<xsubpp>.
-
-=item *
-
-roll-your-own magic variables (including multiple simultaneous DBM
-implementations)
-
-Described in L<perltie> and L<AnyDBM_File>.
-
-=item *
-
-subroutines can now be overridden, autoloaded, and prototyped
-
-Described in L<perlsub>.
-
-=item *
-
-arbitrarily nested data structures and anonymous functions
-
-Described in L<perlreftut>, L<perlref>, L<perldsc>, and L<perllol>.
-
-=item *
-
-object-oriented programming
-
-Described in L<perlobj> and L<perlootut>.
-
-=item *
-
-support for light-weight processes (threads)
-
-Described in L<perlthrtut> and L<threads>.
-
-=item *
-
-support for Unicode, internationalization, and localization
-
-Described in L<perluniintro>, L<perllocale> and L<Locale::Maketext>.
-
-=item *
-
-lexical scoping
-
-Described in L<perlsub>.
-
-=item *
-
-regular expression enhancements
-
-Described in L<perlre>, with additional examples in L<perlop>.
-
-=item *
-
-enhanced debugger and interactive Perl environment,
-with integrated editor support
-
-Described in L<perldebtut>, L<perldebug> and L<perldebguts>.
-
-=item *
-
-POSIX 1003.1 compliant library
-
-Described in L<POSIX>.
-
-=back
-
-Okay, that's I<definitely> enough hype.
+complete) rather than beautiful (tiny, elegant, minimal). It combines
+(in the author's opinion, anyway) some of the best features of B<sed>,
+B<awk>, and B<sh>, making it familiar and easy to use for Unix users to
+whip up quick solutions to annoying problems. Its general-purpose
+programming facilities support procedural, functional, and
+object-oriented programming paradigms, making Perl a comfortable
+language for the long haul on major projects, whatever your bent.
+
+Perl's roots in text processing haven't been forgotten over the years.
+It still boasts some of the most powerful regular expressions to be
+found anywhere, and its support for Unicode text is world-class. It
+handles all kinds of structured text, too, through an extensive
+collection of extensions. Those libraries, collected in the CPAN,
+provide ready-made solutions to an astounding array of problems. When
+they haven't set the standard themselves, they steal from the best
+-- just like Perl itself.
=head1 AVAILABILITY