perl Perl overview (this section)
perlfaq Perl frequently asked questions
perltoc Perl documentation table of contents
+ perlbook Perl book information
perlsyn Perl syntax
perldata Perl data structures
perlfunc Perl builtin functions
perlreftut Perl references short introduction
perldsc Perl data structures intro
- perllol Perl data structures: arrays of arrays
perlrequick Perl regular expressions quick start
- perlretut Perl regular expressions tutorial
+ perlpod Perl plain old documentation
+ perlstyle Perl style guide
+ perltrap Perl traps for the unwary
perlrun Perl execution and options
+ perldiag Perl diagnostic messages
perllexwarn Perl warnings and their control
+ perldebtut Perl debugging tutorial
perldebug Perl debugging
- perlopentut Perl open() tutorial
perlvar Perl predefined variables
- perlmod Perl modules: how they work
- perlpod Perl plain old documentation
-
- perlstyle Perl style guide
- perlmodlib Perl modules: how to write and use
- perlmodinstall Perl modules: how to install from CPAN
- perlnewmod Perl modules: preparing a new module for distribution
- perltrap Perl traps for the unwary
- perlport Perl portability guide
- perlsec Perl security
+ perllol Perl data structures: arrays of arrays
+ 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
perltie Perl objects hidden behind simple variables
perlipc Perl interprocess communication
- perlnumber Perl number semantics
perlfork Perl fork() information
+ perlnumber Perl number semantics
perlthrtut Perl threads tutorial
- perldiag Perl diagnostic messages
+ perlport Perl portability guide
+ perllocale Perl locale support
+ perlunicode Perl unicode support
+ perlebcdic Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
+
+ perlsec Perl security
+
+ perlmod Perl modules: how they work
+ perlmodlib Perl modules: how to write and use
+ perlmodinstall Perl modules: how to install from CPAN
+ perlnewmod Perl modules: preparing a new module for distribution
+
perlfaq1 General Questions About Perl
perlfaq2 Obtaining and Learning about Perl
perlfaq3 Programming Tools
perldebguts Perl debugging guts and tips
perlxstut Perl XS tutorial
perlxs Perl XS application programming interface
+ perlclib Internal replacements for standard C library functions
perlguts Perl internal functions for those doing extensions
perlcall Perl calling conventions from C
perlutil utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
perldbmfilter Perl DBM filters
perlapi Perl API listing (autogenerated)
perlintern Perl internal functions (autogenerated)
+ perliol C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers
perlapio Perl internal IO abstraction interface
perltodo Perl things to do
perlhack Perl hackers guide
perlhist Perl history records
perldelta Perl changes since previous version
+ perl572delta Perl changes in version 5.7.2
+ perl571delta Perl changes in version 5.7.1
+ perl570delta Perl changes in version 5.7.0
perl56delta Perl changes in version 5.6
perl5005delta Perl changes in version 5.005
perl5004delta Perl changes in version 5.004
+ perlaix Perl notes for AIX
perlamiga Perl notes for Amiga
+ perlbs2000 Perl notes for POSIX-BC BS2000
perlcygwin Perl notes for Cygwin
+ perldgux Perl notes for DG/UX
perldos Perl notes for DOS
+ perlepoc Perl notes for EPOC
perlhpux Perl notes for HP-UX
perlmachten Perl notes for Power MachTen
+ perlmacos Perl notes for Mac OS (Classic)
+ perlmpeix Perl notes for MPE/iX
perlos2 Perl notes for OS/2
perlos390 Perl notes for OS/390
+ perlsolaris Perl notes for Solaris
+ perltru64 Perl notes for Tru64
+ perlvmesa Perl notes for VM/ESA
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 * modularity and reusability using innumerable modules
+=item *
+
+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.