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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 =head1 NAME
 
-perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 7996 $)
+perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 10144 $)
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -54,10 +54,7 @@ Some URLs that might help you are:
 
 Someone looking for a perl for Win16 might look to Laszlo Molnar's
 djgpp port in http://www.cpan.org/ports/#msdos , which comes with
-clear installation instructions.  A simple installation guide for
-MS-DOS using Ilya Zakharevich's OS/2 port is available at
-http://www.cs.ruu.nl/%7Epiet/perl5dos.html
-and similarly for Windows 3.1 at http://www.cs.ruu.nl/%7Epiet/perlwin3.html .
+clear installation instructions.
 
 =head2 I don't have a C compiler. How can I build my own Perl interpreter?
 
@@ -68,6 +65,17 @@ 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.
 
+You might look around the net for a pre-built binary of Perl (or a 
+C compiler!) that meets your needs, though:
+
+For Windows, Vanilla Perl ( http://vanillaperl.com/ ) and Strawberry Perl
+( http://strawberryperl.com/ ) come with a 
+bundled C compiler. ActivePerl is a pre-compiled version of Perl
+ready-to-use.
+
+For Sun systems, SunFreeware.com provides binaries of most popular 
+applications, including compilers and Perl.
+
 =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.
@@ -313,7 +321,12 @@ Recommended books on (or mostly on) Perl follow.
        Intermediate Perl (the "Alpaca Book")
        by Randal L. Schwartz and brian d foy, with Tom Phoenix (foreword by Damian Conway)
        ISBN 0-596-10206-2 [1st edition March 2006]
-       http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lrnperlorm/
+       http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/intermediateperl/
+
+       Mastering Perl
+       by brian d foy
+       ISBN 0-596-52724-1 [1st edition July 2007]
+       http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527242/
 
 =item Task-Oriented
 
@@ -391,13 +404,19 @@ Recommended books on (or mostly on) Perl follow.
        ISBN 0-596-00503-2 [1st edition January 2004]
        http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perldebugpr/
 
+       Pro Perl Debugging
+       by Richard Foley with Andy Lester
+       ISBN 1-59059-454-1 [1st edition July 2005]
+       http://www.apress.com/book/view/1590594541
+
 =back
 
 =head2 Which magazines have Perl content?
 
 I<The Perl Review> ( http://www.theperlreview.com ) focuses on Perl
 almost completely (although it sometimes sneaks in an article about
-another language).
+another language). There's also I<$foo Magazin>, a german magazine
+dedicated to Perl, at ( http://www.foo-magazin.de ).
 
 Magazines that frequently carry quality articles on Perl include I<The
 Perl Review> ( http://www.theperlreview.com ), I<Unix Review> (
@@ -490,9 +509,9 @@ The Perl Foundation is an advocacy organization for the Perl language
 which maintains the web site http://www.perl.org/ as a general
 advocacy site for the Perl language. It uses the domain to provide
 general support services to the Perl community, including the hosting
-of mailing lists, web sites, and other services.  The web site
-http://www.perl.org/ is a general advocacy site for the Perl language,
-and there are many other sub-domains for special topics, such as
+of mailing lists, web sites, and other services.  There are also many
+other sub-domains for special topics like learning Perl, Perl news, jobs
+in Perl, such as:
 
        http://learn.perl.org/
        http://use.perl.org/
@@ -510,15 +529,15 @@ the I<What is CPAN?> question earlier in this document.
 
 =head1 REVISION
 
-Revision: $Revision: 7996 $
+Revision: $Revision: 10144 $
 
-Date: $Date: 2006-11-01 09:24:38 +0100 (mer, 01 nov 2006) $
+Date: $Date: 2007-10-31 13:50:01 +0100 (Wed, 31 Oct 2007) $
 
 See L<perlfaq> for source control details and availability.
 
 =head1 AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright (c) 1997-2006 Tom Christiansen, Nathan Torkington, and
+Copyright (c) 1997-2007 Tom Christiansen, Nathan Torkington, and
 other authors as noted. All rights reserved.
 
 This documentation is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it