Deprecated modules and features are those which were part of a stable
release, but later found to be subtly flawed, and which should be avoided.
They are subject to removal and/or bug-incompatible reimplementation in
-the next major release (but they will be preserved through maintainance
+the next major release (but they will be preserved through maintenance
releases). Deprecation warnings are issued under B<-w> or C<use
diagnostics>, and notices are found in L<perldelta>s, as well as various
other PODs. Coding practices that misuse features, such as C<my $foo if
that these modules should be removed, since the distribution became rather
large, and the common criterion for new module additions is now limited to
modules that help to build, test, and extend perl itself. Furthermore,
-the CPAN (which didn't exist by the time of Perl 5.0) can become a new
-home dropped modules. Dropping modules is currently not an option, but
+the CPAN (which didn't exist at the time of Perl 5.0) can become the new
+home of dropped modules. Dropping modules is currently not an option, but
further developments may clear the last barriers.
=item dweomer
"Just Another Perl Hacker," a clever but cryptic bit of Perl code that
when executed, evaluates to that string. Often used to illustrate a
-particular Perl feature, and something of an ungoing Obfuscated Perl
+particular Perl feature, and something of an ongoing Obfuscated Perl
Contest seen in Usenix signatures.
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