=head1 NAME
-perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 2002/01/11 02:31:20 $)
+perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 2002/01/28 04:17:26 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
=head1 Author and Copyright Information
-Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
+Copyright (c) 1997-2002 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
All rights reserved.
=head2 Bundled Distributions
=head1 NAME
-perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.4 $, $Date: 2002/01/18 21:00:17 $)
+perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.5 $, $Date: 2002/01/27 20:22:52 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
At The Second O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention, Larry Wall
announced Perl6 development would begin in earnest. Perl6 was an oft
used term for Chip Salzenberg's project to rewrite Perl in C++ named
-Topaz. However, Topaz should not be confused with the nisus to rewrite
-Perl while keeping the lessons learned from other software, as well as
-Perl5, in mind.
+Topaz. However, Topaz provided valuable insights to the next version
+of Perl and its implementation, but was ultimately abandoned.
-If you have a desire to help in the crusade to make Perl a better place
-then peruse the Perl6 developers page at http://www.perl.org/perl6/ and
-get involved.
+If you want to learn more about Perl6, or have a desire to help in
+the crusade to make Perl a better place then peruse the Perl6 developers
+page at http://dev.perl.org/perl6/ and get involved.
-The first alpha release is expected by Summer 2001.
+Perl6 is not scheduled for release yet, and Perl5 will still be supported
+for quite awhile after its release. Do not wait for Perl6 to do whatever
+you need to do.
"We're really serious about reinventing everything that needs reinventing."
--Larry Wall
=head1 AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Tom Christiansen and
-Nathan Torkington. All rights reserved.
+Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Tom Christiansen and Nathan
+Torkington. All rights reserved.
This documentation is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
=head1 NAME
-perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.5 $, $Date: 2002/01/18 21:00:17 $)
+perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.6 $, $Date: 2002/01/25 21:22:22 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
see their FAQ (http://www.faqs.org/faqs/alt-sources-intro/) for details.
If you're just looking for software, first use Google
-(http://www.google.com), Deja (http://www.deja.com), and
-CPAN Search (http://search.cpan.org). This is faster and more
-productive than just posting a request.
+(http://www.google.com), Google's usenet search interface
+(http://groups.google.com), and CPAN Search (http://search.cpan.org).
+This is faster and more productive than just posting a request.
=head2 Perl Books
=head1 AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (c) 1997-2002 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
+Copyright (c) 1997-2001 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
All rights reserved.
This documentation is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
=head1 NAME
-perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.11 $, $Date: 2002/01/11 02:31:20 $)
+perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.12 $, $Date: 2002/01/28 04:17:26 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
=head1 AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
+Copyright (c) 1997-2002 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
All rights reserved.
This documentation is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
=head1 NAME
-perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.11 $, $Date: 2002/01/11 02:31:20 $)
+perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.12 $, $Date: 2002/01/28 04:17:26 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
=head1 AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
+Copyright (c) 1997-2002 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
All rights reserved.
This documentation is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
=head1 NAME
-perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.7 $, $Date: 2002/01/11 02:31:20 $)
+perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.8 $, $Date: 2002/01/28 04:17:26 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
=head1 AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
+Copyright (c) 1997-2002 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
All rights reserved.
This documentation is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
=head1 NAME
-perlfaq6 - Regexes ($Revision: 1.6 $, $Date: 2002/01/01 22:26:45 $)
+perlfaq6 - Regexes ($Revision: 1.7 $, $Date: 2002/01/28 04:17:26 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
=head1 AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
+Copyright (c) 1997-2002 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
All rights reserved.
This documentation is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
=head1 NAME
-perlfaq7 - Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.5 $, $Date: 2002/01/01 22:26:45 $)
+perlfaq7 - Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.6 $, $Date: 2002/01/28 04:17:26 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
=head1 AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
+Copyright (c) 1997-2002 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
All rights reserved.
This documentation is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
=head1 NAME
-perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.5 $, $Date: 2002/01/11 02:31:20 $)
+perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.6 $, $Date: 2002/01/28 04:17:27 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
=head1 AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
+Copyright (c) 1997-2002 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
All rights reserved.
This documentation is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
=head1 NAME
-perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.5 $, $Date: 2001/11/09 08:06:04 $)
+perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.7 $, $Date: 2002/01/28 04:17:27 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
=head2 My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500 Server Error)
-If you can demonstrate that you've read the FAQs and that
+Several things could be wrong. You can go through the "Troubleshooting
+Perl CGI scripts" guide at
+
+ http://www.perl.org/troubleshooting_CGI.html
+
+If, after that, you can demonstrate that you've read the FAQs and that
your problem isn't something simple that can be easily answered, you'll
probably receive a courteous and useful reply to your question if you
post it on comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi (if it's something to do
=head1 AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
+Copyright (c) 1997-2002 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
All rights reserved.
This documentation is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it