X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperlfaq2.pod;h=6b4d3dad8b5fa6685dcffe635dcba2805e1dcc72;hb=83ce3e12e086bc5a21f37af9378b7c01fa5d73d8;hp=ebb64d15b62ec8b7b809113f1c439cf751dfa01c;hpb=ac003c96a6d5a0d39f4ecf8f3491d6a6408e7b47;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perlfaq2.pod b/pod/perlfaq2.pod index ebb64d1..6b4d3da 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq2.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq2.pod @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ =head1 NAME -perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 9462 $) +perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($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? @@ -71,7 +68,8 @@ 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/) comes with a +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. @@ -323,7 +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 @@ -401,6 +404,11 @@ 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? @@ -501,9 +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/ @@ -521,9 +529,9 @@ the I question earlier in this document. =head1 REVISION -Revision: $Revision: 9462 $ +Revision: $Revision: 10144 $ -Date: $Date: 2007-04-27 08:24:33 +0200 (Fri, 27 Apr 2007) $ +Date: $Date: 2007-10-31 13:50:01 +0100 (Wed, 31 Oct 2007) $ See L for source control details and availability.