=head1 NAME
-perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 2001/10/16 13:27:22 $)
+perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 2002/03/11 21:32:23 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
=head2 L<perlfaq1>: General Questions About Perl
-Very general, high-level information about Perl.
+Very general, high-level questions about Perl.
=over 4
=item *
-How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version 5/5.005/Perl instead of some other language?
+How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version 5/5.6.1/Perl instead of some other language?
=back
=head2 L<perlfaq2>: Obtaining and Learning about Perl
-Where to find source and documentation to Perl, support,
+Where to find source and documentation for Perl, support,
and related matters.
=over 4
=item *
-What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org?
+What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org? cpan.org?
=back
=item *
-What is undump?
-
-=item *
-
How can I make my Perl program run faster?
=item *
=item *
-When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it
-mean?
+When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it mean?
=item *
=item *
-How do I convert bits into ints?
+How do I convert between numeric representations?
=item *
=item *
+How do I get a random number between X and Y?
+
+=item *
+
How do I find the week-of-the-year/day-of-the-year?
=item *
=item *
-How can I tell whether a list or array contains a certain element?
+How can I tell whether a certain element is contained in a list or array?
=item *
=head2 L<perlfaq5>: Files and Formats
-I/O and the "f" issues: filehandles, flushing, formats and footers.
+I/O and the "f" issues: filehandles, flushing, formats, and footers.
=over 4
=back
-=head2 L<perlfaq6>: Regexps
+=head2 L<perlfaq6>: Regular Expressions
Pattern matching and regular expressions.
=head2 L<perlfaq9>: Networking
-Networking, the Internet, and a few on the web.
+Networking, the internet, and a few on the web.
=over 4
=item *
+What is the correct form of response from a CGI script?
+
+=item *
+
My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500 Server Error)
=item *
=item *
+How do I use MIME to make an attachment to a mail message?
+
+=item *
+
How do I read mail?
=item *
=head2 Where to get the perlfaq
This document is posted regularly to comp.lang.perl.announce and
-several other related newsgroups. It is available in a variety of
-formats from CPAN in the /CPAN/doc/FAQs/FAQ/ directory or on the web
-at http://www.perl.com/perl/faq/ .
+several other related newsgroups. It is available on many
+web sites: http://www.perldoc.com/ and http://perlfaq.cpan.org/ .
=head2 How to contribute to the perlfaq
You may mail corrections, additions, and suggestions to
-perlfaq-suggestions@perl.com . This alias should not be
+perlfaq-workers@perl.org . This alias should not be
used to I<ask> FAQs. It's for fixing the current FAQ.
Send questions to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup.
Your questions will probably go unread, unless they're suggestions of
new questions to add to the FAQ, in which case they should have gone
-to the perlfaq-suggestions@perl.com instead.
+to the perlfaq-workers@perl.org instead.
You should have read section 2 of this faq. There you would have
learned that comp.lang.perl.misc is the appropriate place to go for
=head1 Author and Copyright Information
-Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
+Copyright (c) 1997-2002 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
All rights reserved.
=head2 Bundled Distributions