files and binary files, then you should check out L</binmode> for tips
for dealing with this. The key distinction between systems that need
C<binmode> and those that don't is their text file formats. Systems
-like Unix, MacOS, and Plan9, which delimit lines with a single
+like Unix, Mac OS, and Plan 9, which delimit lines with a single
character, and which encode that character in C as C<"\n">, do not
need C<binmode>. The rest need it.
=item time
Returns the number of non-leap seconds since whatever time the system
-considers to be the epoch (that's 00:00:00, January 1, 1904 for MacOS,
+considers to be the epoch (that's 00:00:00, January 1, 1904 for Mac OS,
and 00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970 for most other systems).
Suitable for feeding to C<gmtime> and C<localtime>.