X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperlfaq.pod;h=4fc7b8a21f859cbe58e50fa7c9663a829facc674;hb=d7133549e15d907b18e0c1873e57e635dc9d6424;hp=3f5536b7fc379747ce6b09b96768ad52aabd835a;hpb=f52f3be278b23c3517df18c555b0653faa969373;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perlfaq.pod b/pod/perlfaq.pod index 3f5536b..4fc7b8a 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq.pod @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ =head1 NAME -perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 1999/05/23 20:38:02 $) +perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 2002/03/11 21:32:23 $) =head1 DESCRIPTION @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ This document. =head2 L: General Questions About Perl -Very general, high-level information about Perl. +Very general, high-level questions about Perl. =over 4 @@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms? =item * -How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version 5/5.005/Perl instead of some other language? +How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version 5/5.6.1/Perl instead of some other language? =back =head2 L: Obtaining and Learning about Perl -Where to find source and documentation to Perl, support, +Where to find source and documentation for Perl, support, and related matters. =over 4 @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Where do I send bug reports? =item * -What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org? +What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org? cpan.org? =back @@ -226,10 +226,6 @@ How can I generate simple menus without using CGI or Tk? =item * -What is undump? - -=item * - How can I make my Perl program run faster? =item * @@ -291,8 +287,7 @@ my C program; what am I doing wrong? =item * -When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it -mean? +When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it mean? =item * @@ -322,7 +317,7 @@ Does Perl have a round() function? What about ceil() and floor()? Trig functio =item * -How do I convert bits into ints? +How do I convert between numeric representations? =item * @@ -346,6 +341,10 @@ Why aren't my random numbers random? =item * +How do I get a random number between X and Y? + +=item * + How do I find the week-of-the-year/day-of-the-year? =item * @@ -467,7 +466,7 @@ How can I remove duplicate elements from a list or array? =item * -How can I tell whether a list or array contains a certain element? +How can I tell whether a certain element is contained in a list or array? =item * @@ -610,7 +609,7 @@ How do I pack arrays of doubles or floats for XS code? =head2 L: Files and Formats -I/O and the "f" issues: filehandles, flushing, formats and footers. +I/O and the "f" issues: filehandles, flushing, formats, and footers. =over 4 @@ -761,7 +760,7 @@ Why do I get weird spaces when I print an array of lines? =back -=head2 L: Regexps +=head2 L: Regular Expressions Pattern matching and regular expressions. @@ -1192,12 +1191,16 @@ What is socket.ph and where do I get it? =head2 L: Networking -Networking, the Internet, and a few on the web. +Networking, the internet, and a few on the web. =over 4 =item * +What is the correct form of response from a CGI script? + +=item * + My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500 Server Error) =item * @@ -1274,6 +1277,10 @@ How do I send mail? =item * +How do I use MIME to make an attachment to a mail message? + +=item * + How do I read mail? =item * @@ -1300,14 +1307,13 @@ How can I do RPC in Perl? =head2 Where to get the perlfaq This document is posted regularly to comp.lang.perl.announce and -several other related newsgroups. It is available in a variety of -formats from CPAN in the /CPAN/doc/FAQs/FAQ/ directory or on the web -at http://www.perl.com/perl/faq/ . +several other related newsgroups. It is available on many +web sites: http://www.perldoc.com/ and http://perlfaq.cpan.org/ . =head2 How to contribute to the perlfaq You may mail corrections, additions, and suggestions to -perlfaq-suggestions@perl.com . This alias should not be +perlfaq-workers@perl.org . This alias should not be used to I FAQs. It's for fixing the current FAQ. Send questions to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup. @@ -1315,7 +1321,7 @@ Send questions to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup. Your questions will probably go unread, unless they're suggestions of new questions to add to the FAQ, in which case they should have gone -to the perlfaq-suggestions@perl.com instead. +to the perlfaq-workers@perl.org instead. You should have read section 2 of this faq. There you would have learned that comp.lang.perl.misc is the appropriate place to go for @@ -1332,17 +1338,13 @@ Perl Porters. =head1 Author and Copyright Information -Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington. +Copyright (c) 1997-2002 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington. All rights reserved. =head2 Bundled Distributions -When included as part of the Standard Version of Perl or as part of -its complete documentation whether printed or otherwise, this work -may be distributed only under the terms of Perl's Artistic License. -Any distribution of this file or derivatives thereof I -of that package requires that special arrangements be made with -copyright holder. +This documentation is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it +under the same terms as Perl itself. Irrespective of its distribution, all code examples in these files are hereby placed into the public domain. You are permitted and @@ -1376,7 +1378,7 @@ of perlfaq7 on variable names within variables. =item 7/January/99 -Small touchups here and there. Added all questions in this +Small touch ups here and there. Added all questions in this document as a sort of table of contents. =item 22/June/98