X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperlfaq2.pod;h=6b4d3dad8b5fa6685dcffe635dcba2805e1dcc72;hb=3c20a832e0afaa3d5dac4e9889c4ce2f06a128c5;hp=2123c9e34f749bde44ab3a82480d1b57d3ec4680;hpb=322be77cf3591e0aababbee447c7120f06124b11;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perlfaq2.pod b/pod/perlfaq2.pod index 2123c9e..6b4d3da 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq2.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq2.pod @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ =head1 NAME -perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 7996 $) +perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 10144 $) =head1 DESCRIPTION @@ -54,10 +54,7 @@ Some URLs that might help you are: Someone looking for a perl for Win16 might look to Laszlo Molnar's djgpp port in http://www.cpan.org/ports/#msdos , which comes with -clear installation instructions. A simple installation guide for -MS-DOS using Ilya Zakharevich's OS/2 port is available at -http://www.cs.ruu.nl/%7Epiet/perl5dos.html -and similarly for Windows 3.1 at http://www.cs.ruu.nl/%7Epiet/perlwin3.html . +clear installation instructions. =head2 I don't have a C compiler. How can I build my own Perl interpreter? @@ -68,6 +65,17 @@ What you need to do is get a binary version of gcc for your system first. Consult the Usenet FAQs for your operating system for information on where to get such a binary version. +You might look around the net for a pre-built binary of Perl (or a +C compiler!) that meets your needs, though: + +For Windows, Vanilla Perl ( http://vanillaperl.com/ ) and Strawberry Perl +( http://strawberryperl.com/ ) come with a +bundled C compiler. ActivePerl is a pre-compiled version of Perl +ready-to-use. + +For Sun systems, SunFreeware.com provides binaries of most popular +applications, including compilers and Perl. + =head2 I copied the perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts don't work. That's probably because you forgot libraries, or library paths differ. @@ -313,7 +321,12 @@ Recommended books on (or mostly on) Perl follow. Intermediate Perl (the "Alpaca Book") by Randal L. Schwartz and brian d foy, with Tom Phoenix (foreword by Damian Conway) ISBN 0-596-10206-2 [1st edition March 2006] - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lrnperlorm/ + http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/intermediateperl/ + + Mastering Perl + by brian d foy + ISBN 0-596-52724-1 [1st edition July 2007] + http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527242/ =item Task-Oriented @@ -391,13 +404,19 @@ Recommended books on (or mostly on) Perl follow. ISBN 0-596-00503-2 [1st edition January 2004] http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perldebugpr/ + Pro Perl Debugging + by Richard Foley with Andy Lester + ISBN 1-59059-454-1 [1st edition July 2005] + http://www.apress.com/book/view/1590594541 + =back =head2 Which magazines have Perl content? I ( http://www.theperlreview.com ) focuses on Perl almost completely (although it sometimes sneaks in an article about -another language). +another language). There's also I<$foo Magazin>, a german magazine +dedicated to Perl, at ( http://www.foo-magazin.de ). Magazines that frequently carry quality articles on Perl include I ( http://www.theperlreview.com ), I ( @@ -490,9 +509,9 @@ The Perl Foundation is an advocacy organization for the Perl language which maintains the web site http://www.perl.org/ as a general advocacy site for the Perl language. It uses the domain to provide general support services to the Perl community, including the hosting -of mailing lists, web sites, and other services. The web site -http://www.perl.org/ is a general advocacy site for the Perl language, -and there are many other sub-domains for special topics, such as +of mailing lists, web sites, and other services. There are also many +other sub-domains for special topics like learning Perl, Perl news, jobs +in Perl, such as: http://learn.perl.org/ http://use.perl.org/ @@ -510,15 +529,15 @@ the I question earlier in this document. =head1 REVISION -Revision: $Revision: 7996 $ +Revision: $Revision: 10144 $ -Date: $Date: 2006-11-01 09:24:38 +0100 (mer, 01 nov 2006) $ +Date: $Date: 2007-10-31 13:50:01 +0100 (Wed, 31 Oct 2007) $ See L for source control details and availability. =head1 AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT -Copyright (c) 1997-2006 Tom Christiansen, Nathan Torkington, and +Copyright (c) 1997-2007 Tom Christiansen, Nathan Torkington, and other authors as noted. All rights reserved. This documentation is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it