As a disincentive to casual use of this advanced feature,
there is no C<use English> long name for this variable.
-=item $^S
-
-The status returned by the last pipe close, back-tick (C<``>) command, or
-system() operator, in the native system format. On UNIX and UNIX-like
-systems, C<$^S> is a synonym for C<$?>. Elsewhere, C<$^S> can be used to
-determine aspects of child status that are system-specific. Check C<$^O>
-before using this variable. (Mnemonic: System-Specific Subprocess Status.
-Also known as $SYSTEM_CHILD_STATUS if you C<use English>.)
-
=back
=head2 New and Changed Built-in Functions
=head1 Pragmata
-Three new pragmatic modules exist:
+Four new pragmatic modules exist:
=over
Disable unsafe opcodes, or any named opcodes, when compiling Perl code.
+=item use vmsish
+
+Enable VMS-specific language features. Currently, there are three
+VMS-specific feature available: 'status', which makes C<$?> and
+C<system> return genuine VMS status values instead of emulating POSIX;
+'exit', which makes C<exit> take a genuine VMS status value instead of
+assuming that C<exit 1> is an error; and 'time', which makes all times
+relative to the local time zone, in the VMS tradition.
+
=back
=head1 Modules
ExtUtils/Embed.pm Utilities for embedding Perl in C programs
ExtUtils/testlib.pm Fixes up @INC to use just-built extension
- Fatal.pm Make do-or-die equivalents of functions
FindBin.pm Find path of currently executing program
Class/Template.pm Structure/member template builder