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NAME perlhpux – Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix (HP-UX) systems DESCRIPTION This document describes various features of HP‘s Unix operating system (HP-UX) that will affect how Perl version 5 (hereafter just Perl) is compiled and/or runs. Using perl as shipped with HP-UX Application release September 2001, HP-UX 11.00 is the first to ship with…
NAME perlhist – the Perl history records DESCRIPTION This document aims to record the Perl source code releases. INTRODUCTION Perl history in brief, by Larry Wall: Perl 0 introduced Perl to my officemates. Perl 1 introduced Perl to the world, and changed /\(…\|…\)/ to /(…|…)/. \(Dan Faigin still hasn’t forgiven me. :-\) Perl 2 introduced…
NAME perlhaiku – Perl version 5.10+ on Haiku DESCRIPTION This file contains instructions how to build Perl for Haiku and lists known problems. BUILD AND INSTALL The build procedure is completely standard: ./Configure -de make make install Make perl executable and create a symlink for libperl: chmod a+x /boot/common/bin/perl cd /boot/common/lib; ln -s perl5/5.30.0/BePC-haiku/CORE/libperl.so ….
NAME perlhacktut – Walk through the creation of a simple C code patch DESCRIPTION This document takes you through a simple patch example. If you haven’t read perlhack yet, go do that first! You might also want to read through perlsource too. Once you’re done here, check out perlhacktips next. EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE PATCH…
NAME perlhacktips – Tips for Perl core C code hacking DESCRIPTION This document will help you learn the best way to go about hacking on the Perl core C code. It covers common problems, debugging, profiling, and more. If you haven’t read perlhack and perlhacktut yet, you might want to do that first. COMMON PROBLEMS…
NAME perlhack – How to hack on Perl DESCRIPTION This document explains how Perl development works. It includes details about the Perl 5 Porters email list, the Perl repository, the Perlbug bug tracker, patch guidelines, and commentary on Perl development philosophy. SUPER QUICK PATCH GUIDE If you just want to submit a single small patch…
NAME perlguts – Introduction to the Perl API DESCRIPTION This document attempts to describe how to use the Perl API, as well as to provide some info on the basic workings of the Perl core. It is far from complete and probably contains many errors. Please refer any questions or comments to the author below….
NAME perlgpl – the GNU General Public License, version 1 SYNOPSIS You can refer to this document in Pod via "L<perlgpl>" Or you can see this document by entering "perldoc perlgpl" DESCRIPTION Perl is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: a) the GNU General Public License as…
NAME perlglossary – Perl Glossary VERSION version 5.20190126 DESCRIPTION A glossary of terms (technical and otherwise) used in the Perl documentation, derived from the Glossary of Programming Perl, Fourth Edition. Words or phrases in bold are defined elsewhere in this glossary. Other useful sources include the Unicode Glossary <http://unicode.org/glossary/>, the Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing…
NAME perlgit – Detailed information about git and the Perl repository DESCRIPTION This document provides details on using git to develop Perl. If you are just interested in working on a quick patch, see perlhack first. This document is intended for people who are regular contributors to Perl, including those with write access to the…
NAME perlfunc – Perl builtin functions DESCRIPTION The functions in this section can serve as terms in an expression. They fall into two major categories: list operators and named unary operators. These differ in their precedence relationship with a following comma. (See the precedence table in perlop.) List operators take more than one argument, while…
NAME perlfreebsd – Perl version 5 on FreeBSD systems DESCRIPTION This document describes various features of FreeBSD that will affect how Perl version 5 (hereafter just Perl) is compiled and/or runs. FreeBSD core dumps from readdir_r with ithreads When perl is configured to use ithreads, it will use re-entrant library calls in preference to non-re-entrant…
NAME perlform – Perl formats DESCRIPTION Perl has a mechanism to help you generate simple reports and charts. To facilitate this, Perl helps you code up your output page close to how it will look when it’s printed. It can keep track of things like how many lines are on a page, what page you’re…
NAME perlfork – Perl’s fork() emulation SYNOPSIS NOTE: As of the 5.8.0 release, fork() emulation has considerably matured. However, there are still a few known bugs and differences from real fork() that might affect you. See the "BUGS" and "CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS" sections below. Perl provides a fork() keyword that corresponds to the Unix system…
NAME perlfilter – Source Filters DESCRIPTION This article is about a little-known feature of Perl called source filters. Source filters alter the program text of a module before Perl sees it, much as a C preprocessor alters the source text of a C program before the compiler sees it. This article tells you more about…
NAME perlfaq9 – Web, Email and Networking VERSION version 5.20190126 DESCRIPTION This section deals with questions related to running web sites, sending and receiving email as well as general networking. Should I use a web framework? Yes. If you are building a web site with any level of interactivity (forms / users / databases), you…
NAME perlfaq8 – System Interaction VERSION version 5.20190126 DESCRIPTION This section of the Perl FAQ covers questions involving operating system interaction. Topics include interprocess communication (IPC), control over the user-interface (keyboard, screen and pointing devices), and most anything else not related to data manipulation. Read the FAQs and documentation specific to the port of perl…
NAME perlfaq7 – General Perl Language Issues VERSION version 5.20190126 DESCRIPTION This section deals with general Perl language issues that don’t clearly fit into any of the other sections. Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language? There is no BNF, but you can paw your way through the yacc grammar in perly.y in…
NAME perlfaq6 – Regular Expressions VERSION version 5.20190126 DESCRIPTION This section is surprisingly small because the rest of the FAQ is littered with answers involving regular expressions. For example, decoding a URL and checking whether something is a number can be handled with regular expressions, but those answers are found elsewhere in this document (in…
NAME perlfaq5 – Files and Formats VERSION version 5.20190126 DESCRIPTION This section deals with I/O and the “f” issues: filehandles, flushing, formats, and footers. How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this? (contributed by brian d foy) You might like to read Mark Jason Dominus’s “Suffering From Buffering” at <http://perl.plover.com/FAQs/Buffering.html> ….