=head1 NAME
-perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.30 $, $Date: 1998/12/29 19:43:32 $)
+perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.31 $, $Date: 1999/04/14 03:46:19 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
http://www.perl.com/latest/
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ports/
-If you want information on proprietary systems. A simple installation
-guide for MS-DOS is available at http://www.cs.ruu.nl/~piet/perl5dos.html
+Someone looking for a Perl for Win16 might look to LMOLNAR's djgpp
+port in http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ports/msdos/ , which comes with clear
+installation instructions. A simple installation guide for MS-DOS using
+IlyaZ's OS/2 port 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?
=head2 Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?
-In a real sense, Perl already I<is> commercial software: It has a licence
+In a real sense, Perl already I<is> commercial software: It has a license
that you can grab and carefully read to your manager. It is distributed
in releases and comes in well-defined packages. There is a very large
user community and an extensive literature. The comp.lang.perl.*
Or maybe they need very serious hand-holding and contractual obligations.
Shrink-wrapped CDs with perl on them are available from several sources if
that will help. For example, many perl books carry a perl distribution
-on them, as do the O'Reily Perl Resource Kits (in both the Unix flavor
+on them, as do the O'Reilly Perl Resource Kits (in both the Unix flavor
and in the proprietary Microsoft flavor); the free Unix distributions
also all come with Perl.
When included as an integrated part of the Standard Distribution
of Perl or of its documentation (printed or otherwise), this works is
-covered under Perl's Artistic Licence. For separate distributions of
+covered under Perl's Artistic License. For separate distributions of
all or part of this FAQ outside of that, see L<perlfaq>.
Irrespective of its distribution, all code examples here are public
derivatives thereof in your own programs for fun or for profit as you
see fit. A simple comment in the code giving credit to the FAQ would
be courteous but is not required.
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