RE: [PATCH] Pod::InputObjects performance de-pessimization

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diff --git a/pod/perlfaq1.pod b/pod/perlfaq1.pod
index 0c11260..0284e76 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfaq1.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfaq1.pod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 =head1 NAME
 
-perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.8 $, $Date: 2002/04/07 18:46:13 $)
+perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.12 $, $Date: 2003/07/09 15:47:28 $)
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/
 and http://archive.develooper.com/perl5-porters@perl.org/
 or the news gateway nntp://nntp.perl.org/perl.perl5.porters or
 its web interface at http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters ,
-or read the faq at http://perlhacker.org/p5p-faq ,
+or read the faq at http://simon-cozens.org/writings/p5p-faq ,
 or you can subscribe to the mailing list by sending
 perl5-porters-request@perl.org a subscription request
 (an empty message with no subject is fine).
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ The 5.0 release is, essentially, a ground-up rewrite of the original
 perl source code from releases 1 through 4.  It has been modularized,
 object-oriented, tweaked, trimmed, and optimized until it almost doesn't
 look like the old code.  However, the interface is mostly the same, and
-compatibility with previous releases is very high. 
+compatibility with previous releases is very high.
 See L<perltrap/"Perl4 to Perl5 Traps">.
 
 To avoid the "what language is perl5?" confusion, some people prefer to
@@ -92,16 +92,26 @@ simply use "perl" to refer to the latest version of perl and avoid using
 
 See L<perlhist> for a history of Perl revisions.
 
+=head2 What is Ponie?
+
+At The O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention in 2003, Artur
+Bergman, Fotango, and The Perl Foundation announced a project to
+run perl5 on the Parrot virtual machine named Ponie. Ponie stands for
+Perl On New Internal Engine.  The Perl 5.10 language implementation
+will be used for Ponie, and there will be no language level
+differences between perl5 and ponie.  Ponie is not a complete rewrite
+of perl5.
+
 =head2 What is perl6?
 
-At The Second O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention, Larry Wall            
+At The Second O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention, Larry Wall
 announced Perl6 development would begin in earnest. Perl6 was an oft
 used term for Chip Salzenberg's project to rewrite Perl in C++ named
 Topaz. However, Topaz provided valuable insights to the next version
-of Perl and its implementation, but was ultimately abandoned.   
+of Perl and its implementation, but was ultimately abandoned.
 
-If you want to learn more about Perl6, or have a desire to help in 
-the crusade to make Perl a better place then peruse the Perl6 developers 
+If you want to learn more about Perl6, or have a desire to help in
+the crusade to make Perl a better place then peruse the Perl6 developers
 page at http://dev.perl.org/perl6/ and get involved.
 
 Perl6 is not scheduled for release yet, and Perl5 will still be supported