open(FOO, '-|', "cat", '-n', $file);
The last example in each block shows the pipe as "list form", which is
-not yet supported on all platforms.
+not yet supported on all platforms. A good rule of thumb is that if
+your platform has true C<fork()> (in other words, if your platform is
+UNIX) you can use the list form.
See L<perlipc/"Safe Pipe Opens"> for more examples of this.
our $VERSION : unique = "1.00";
Note that this attribute also has the effect of making the global
-readonly in the main interpreter after the first new interpreter
-has been cloned (for example, after the first new thread has been
-created).
+readonly when the first new interpreter is cloned (for example,
+when the first new thread is created).
Multi-interpreter environments can come to being either through the
fork() emulation on Windows platforms, or by embedding perl in a