X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperlfaq2.pod;h=71be980e102de456baa4f128bbec1aa4b2885a66;hb=824215e2e3b067efbb0104afd616d77cb9526d1a;hp=ab95ef2a16146a7c859a94f3006ff1274b64b72a;hpb=6c43ff6050b10d00efb4a20d298cc49873d7315c;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perlfaq2.pod b/pod/perlfaq2.pod index ab95ef2..71be980 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq2.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq2.pod @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ =head1 NAME -perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.32 $, $Date: 1999/10/14 18:46:09 $) +perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.3 $, $Date: 2001/11/09 08:06:04 $) =head1 DESCRIPTION @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ third-party modules and extensions, designed for everything from commercial database interfaces to keyboard/screen control to web walking and CGI scripts. The master web site for CPAN is http://www.cpan.org/ and there is the CPAN Multiplexer at -http://www.perl.com/CPAN/CPAN.html which will choose a mirror near you +http://www.cpan.org/CPAN.html which will choose a mirror near you via DNS. See http://www.perl.com/CPAN (without a slash at the end) for how this process works. Also, http://mirror.cpan.org/ has a nice interface to the http://www.cpan.org/MIRRORED.BY @@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ I ( http://www.linuxmagazine.com/ ), and Usenix's newsletter/magazine to its members, I ( http://www.usenix.org/ ) -The Perl columns of Randal L. Schwarz are available on the web at +The Perl columns of Randal L. Schwartz are available on the web at http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/WebTechniques/ , http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/UnixReview/ , and http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/LinuxMag/ . @@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ in releases and comes in well-defined packages. There is a very large user community and an extensive literature. The comp.lang.perl.* newsgroups and several of the mailing lists provide free answers to your questions in near real-time. Perl has traditionally been supported by -Larry, scores of software designers and developers, and myriads of +Larry, scores of software designers and developers, and myriad programmers, all working for free to create a useful thing to make life better for everyone.