=head1 NAME
-perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.13 $)
+perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.16 $, $Date: 1997/04/23 18:04:09 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
find this at http://www.perl.com/CPAN/src/latest.tar.gz, which is a
gzipped archive in POSIX tar format. This source builds with no
porting whatsoever on most Unix systems (Perl's native environment),
-as well as Plan 9, VMS, QNX, OS/2, and the Amiga.
-
-Although it's rumored that the (imminent) 5.004 release may build
-on Windows NT, this is yet to be proven. Binary distributions
-for 32-bit Microsoft systems and for Apple systems can be found
-http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ports/ directory. Because these are not part of
-the standard distribution, they may and in fact do differ from the base
-Perl port in a variety of ways. You'll have to check their respective
-release notes to see just what the differences are. These differences
-can be either positive (e.g. extensions for the features of the particular
-platform that are not supported in the source release of perl) or negative
-(e.g. might be based upon a less current source release of perl).
-
-A useful FAQ for Win32 Perl users is
+as well as Windows NT, Plan 9, VMS, QNX, OS/2, and the Amiga.
+
+Binary distributions for various platforms can be found
+http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ports/ directory. Some of these ports (especially
+the ones that are not part of the standard sources) may behave differently
+than what is documented in the standard source documentation. These
+differences can be either positive (e.g. extensions for the features of the
+particular platform that are not supported in the source release of perl)
+or negative (e.g. might be based upon a less current source release of perl).
+
+A useful FAQ for Win32 Perl users is:
http://www.endcontsw.com/people/evangelo/Perl_for_Win32_FAQ.html
+[This FAQ is seriously outdated as of Jan 1998--it is only relevant to
+the perl that ActiveState distributes, especially where it describes
+various inadequacies and differences with the standard perl extension
+build support.]
=head2 How can I get a binary version of Perl?
with. CPAN only has binaries for systems that are terribly hard to
get free compilers for, not for Unix systems.
+Your first stop should be http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ports to see what
+information is already available. A simple installation guide for
+MS-DOS is available at http://www.cs.ruu.nl/~piet/perl5dos.html , and
+similarly for Windows 3.1 at http://www.cs.ruu.nl/~piet/perlwin3.html
+.
+
+=head2 I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl?
+
+Since you don't have a C compiler, you're doomed and your vendor
+should be sacrificed to the Sun gods. But that doesn't help you.
+
+What you need to do is get a binary version of gcc for your system
+first. Consult the Usenet FAQs for your operating system for
+information on where to get such a binary version.
+
=head2 I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts don't work.
That's probably because you forgot libraries, or library paths differ.
may need to move the appropriate libraries to these locations, or create
symlinks, aliases, or shortcuts appropriately.
+You might also want to check out L<perlfaq8/"How do I keep my own
+module/library directory?">.
+
=head2 I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work?
Read the F<INSTALL> file, which is part of the source distribution.
=head2 Perl Books
-A number books on Perl and/or CGI programming are available. A few of
+A number of books on Perl and/or CGI programming are available. A few of
these are good, some are ok, but many aren't worth your money. Tom
Christiansen maintains a list of these books, some with extensive
reviews, at http://www.perl.com/perl/critiques/index.html.
(orwant@tpj.com), editor. Subscription information is at http://tpj.com
or via email to subscriptions@tpj.com.
-Beyond this, two other magazines that frequently carry high-quality articles
-on Perl are Web Techniques (see http://www.webtechniques.com/) and
-Unix Review (http://www.unixreview.com/).
+Beyond this, two other magazines that frequently carry high-quality
+articles on Perl are Web Techniques (see
+http://www.webtechniques.com/) and Unix Review
+(http://www.unixreview.com/). Randal Schwartz's Web Technique's
+columns are available on the web at
+http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/WebTechniques/ .
=head2 Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW Access
To get the best (and possibly cheapest) performance, pick a site from
the list below and use it to grab the complete list of mirror sites.
->From there you can find the quickest site for you. Remember, the
+From there you can find the quickest site for you. Remember, the
following list is I<not> the complete list of CPAN mirrors.
http://www.perl.com/CPAN (redirects to another mirror)
http://www.cs.ruu.nl/pub/PERL/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
+http:/www.oasis.leo.org/perl/ has, amongst other things, source to
+versions 1 through 5 of Perl.
+
=head2 What mailing lists are there for perl?
Most of the major modules (tk, CGI, libwww-perl) have their own
=item Perl-Packrats
Discussion related to archiving of perl materials, particularly the
-Comprehensive PerlArchive Network (CPAN). Subscribe by emailing
+Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Subscribe by emailing
majordomo@cis.ufl.edu:
subscribe perl-packrats
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