perlrun Perl execution and options
perldiag Perl diagnostic messages
perllexwarn Perl warnings and their control
+ perldebtut Perl debugging tutorial
perldebug Perl debugging
perlvar Perl predefined variables
perlopentut Perl open() tutorial
perlretut Perl regular expressions tutorial
- perlref Perl references, the rest of the story
perlre Perl regular expressions, the rest of the story
+ perlref Perl references, the rest of the story
+
perlform Perl formats
- perllocale Perl locale support
- perlunicode Perl unicode support
+
+ perlboot Perl OO tutorial for beginners
+ perltoot Perl OO tutorial, part 1
+ perltootc Perl OO tutorial, part 2
+ perlobj Perl objects
+ perlbot Perl OO tricks and examples
+ perltie Perl objects hidden behind simple variables
perlipc Perl interprocess communication
perlfork Perl fork() information
perlthrtut Perl threads tutorial
perlport Perl portability guide
- perlsec Perl security
+ perllocale Perl locale support
+ perlunicode Perl unicode support
+ perlebcdic Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
- perlboot Perl OO tutorial for beginners
- perltoot Perl OO tutorial, part 1
- perltootc Perl OO tutorial, part 2
- perlobj Perl objects
- perlbot Perl OO tricks and examples
- perltie Perl objects hidden behind simple variables
+ perlsec Perl security
perlmod Perl modules: how they work
perlmodlib Perl modules: how to write and use
perl5005delta Perl changes in version 5.005
perl5004delta Perl changes in version 5.004
+ perlaix Perl notes for AIX
perlamiga Perl notes for Amiga
perlcygwin Perl notes for Cygwin
perldos Perl notes for DOS
+ perlepoc Perl notes for EPOC
perlhpux Perl notes for HP-UX
perlmachten Perl notes for Power MachTen
+ perlmpeix Perl notes for MPE/iX
perlos2 Perl notes for OS/2
perlos390 Perl notes for OS/390
perlposix-bc Perl notes for POSIX-BC
+ perlsolaris Perl notes for Solaris
perlvms Perl notes for VMS
+ perlvos Perl notes for Stratus VOS
perlwin32 Perl notes for Windows
(If you're intending to read these straight through for the first time,
Begun in 1993 (see L<perlhist>), Perl version 5 is nearly a complete
rewrite that provides the following additional benefits:
-=over
+=over 4
+
+=item *
-=item * modularity and reusability using innumerable modules
+modularity and reusability using innumerable modules
Described in L<perlmod>, L<perlmodlib>, and L<perlmodinstall>.
-=item * embeddable and extensible
+=item *
+
+embeddable and extensible
Described in L<perlembed>, L<perlxstut>, L<perlxs>, L<perlcall>,
L<perlguts>, and L<xsubpp>.
-=item * roll-your-own magic variables (including multiple simultaneous DBM implementations)
+=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
+=item *
+
+subroutines can now be overridden, autoloaded, and prototyped
Described in L<perlsub>.
-=item * arbitrarily nested data structures and anonymous functions
+=item *
+
+arbitrarily nested data structures and anonymous functions
Described in L<perlreftut>, L<perlref>, L<perldsc>, and L<perllol>.
-=item * object-oriented programming
+=item *
+
+object-oriented programming
Described in L<perlobj>, L<perltoot>, and L<perlbot>.
-=item * compilability into C code or Perl bytecode
+=item *
+
+compilability into C code or Perl bytecode
Described in L<B> and L<B::Bytecode>.
-=item * support for light-weight processes (threads)
+=item *
+
+support for light-weight processes (threads)
Described in L<perlthrtut> and L<Thread>.
-=item * support for internationalization, localization, and Unicode
+=item *
+
+support for internationalization, localization, and Unicode
Described in L<perllocale> and L<utf8>.
-=item * lexical scoping
+=item *
+
+lexical scoping
Described in L<perlsub>.
-=item * regular expression enhancements
+=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
+=item *
+
+enhanced debugger and interactive Perl environment,
+with integrated editor support
Described in L<perldebug>.
-=item * POSIX 1003.1 compliant library
+=item *
+
+POSIX 1003.1 compliant library
Described in L<POSIX>.
You may mail your bug reports (be sure to include full configuration
information as output by the myconfig program in the perl source
-tree, or by C<perl -V>) to perlbug@perl.com . If you've succeeded
+tree, or by C<perl -V>) to perlbug@perl.org . If you've succeeded
in compiling perl, the B<perlbug> script in the F<utils/> subdirectory
can be used to help mail in a bug report.