further speeding up of is_utf8_string()

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+++ b/pod/perlfaq2.pod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 =head1 NAME
 
-perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.29 $, $Date: 2004/10/25 18:37:23 $)
+perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.32 $, $Date: 2005/04/22 19:04:48 $)
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ under the C<perl.*> hierarchy at http://groups.google.com . Other
 groups are listed at http://lists.perl.org/ ( also known as
 http://lists.cpan.org/ ).
 
-A nice place to ask questions is the PerlMonks site, 
+A nice place to ask questions is the PerlMonks site,
 http://www.perlmonks.org/ , or the Perl Beginners mailing list
 http://lists.perl.org/showlist.cgi?name=beginners .
 
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ This is faster and more productive than just posting a request.
 =head2 Perl Books
 
 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. 
+of these are good, some are OK, but many aren't worth your money.
 There is a list of these books, some with extensive reviews, at
 http://books.perl.org/ .
 
@@ -313,6 +313,11 @@ Recommended books on (or mostly on) Perl follow.
 
 =item Tutorials
 
+       Beginning Perl
+       by James Lee
+       ISBN 1-59059-391-X [2nd edition August 2004]
+       http://apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=344
+
        Elements of Programming with Perl
        by Andrew L. Johnson
        ISBN 1-884777-80-5 [1st edition October 1999]
@@ -353,6 +358,11 @@ Recommended books on (or mostly on) Perl follow.
 
 =item Task-Oriented
 
+       Writing Perl Modules for CPAN
+       by Sam Tregar
+       ISBN 1-59059-018-X [1st edition Aug 2002]
+       http://apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=14
+
        The Perl Cookbook
        by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington
            with foreword by Larry Wall
@@ -364,30 +374,40 @@ Recommended books on (or mostly on) Perl follow.
        ISBN 0-201-41975-0 [1st edition 1998]
        http://www.awl.com/
 
+       Real World SQL Server Administration with Perl
+       by Linchi Shea
+       ISBN 1-59059-097-X [1st edition July 2003]
+       http://apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=171
+
 =item Special Topics
 
+       Perl 6 Now: The Core Ideas Illustrated with Perl 5
+       by Scott Walters
+       ISBN 1-59059-395-2 [1st edition December 2004
+       http://apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=355
+
        Mastering Regular Expressions
        by Jeffrey E. F. Friedl
        ISBN 0-596-00289-0 [2nd edition July 2002]
        http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/regex2/
 
-    Network Programming with Perl
+       Network Programming with Perl
        by Lincoln Stein
        ISBN 0-201-61571-1 [1st edition 2001]
        http://www.awlonline.com/
 
-    Object Oriented Perl
+       Object Oriented Perl
        Damian Conway
            with foreword by Randal L. Schwartz
        ISBN 1-884777-79-1 [1st edition August 1999]
        http://www.manning.com/Conway/
 
-    Data Munging with Perl
+       Data Munging with Perl
        Dave Cross
        ISBN 1-930110-00-6 [1st edition 2001]
        http://www.manning.com/cross
 
-    Mastering Perl/Tk
+       Mastering Perl/Tk
        by Steve Lidie and Nancy Walsh
        ISBN 1-56592-716-8 [1st edition January 2002]
        http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mastperltk/
@@ -400,7 +420,7 @@ Recommended books on (or mostly on) Perl follow.
        Perl Debugger Pocket Reference
        by Richard Foley
        ISBN 0-596-00503-2 [1st edition January 2004]
-       http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perldebugpr/ 
+       http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perldebugpr/
 
 =back
 
@@ -411,8 +431,8 @@ I<The Perl Journal> contains tutorials, demonstrations, case studies,
 announcements, contests, and much more.  I<TPJ> has columns on web
 development, databases, Win32 Perl, graphical programming, regular
 expressions, and networking, and sponsors the Obfuscated Perl Contest
-and the Perl Poetry Contests.  Beginning in November 2002, TPJ moved to a 
-reader-supported monthly e-zine format in which subscribers can download 
+and the Perl Poetry Contests.  Beginning in November 2002, TPJ moved to a
+reader-supported monthly e-zine format in which subscribers can download
 issues as PDF documents. For more details on TPJ, see http://www.tpj.com/
 
 Beyond this, magazines that frequently carry quality articles on
@@ -523,8 +543,8 @@ the I<What is CPAN?> question earlier in this document.
 
 =head1 AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright (c) 1997-2001 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
-All rights reserved.
+Copyright (c) 1997-2005 Tom Christiansen, Nathan Torkington, and
+other authors as noted. All rights reserved.
 
 This documentation is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 under the same terms as Perl itself.