PerlFAQ sync.

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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 =head1 NAME
 
-perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 2002/03/11 21:32:23 $)
+perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 2002/11/13 06:23:50 $)
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ Is there a Perl shell?
 
 =item *
 
+How do I find which modules are installed on my system?
+
+=item *
+
 How do I debug my Perl programs?
 
 =item *
@@ -234,7 +238,7 @@ How can I make my Perl program take less memory?
 
 =item *
 
-Is it unsafe to return a pointer to local data?
+Is it safe to return a reference to local or lexical data?
 
 =item *
 
@@ -405,7 +409,7 @@ How do I reformat a paragraph?
 
 =item *
 
-How can I access/change the first N letters of a string?
+How can I access or change N characters of a string?
 
 =item *
 
@@ -421,8 +425,7 @@ How do I capitalize all the words on one line?
 
 =item *
 
-How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside
-[character]? (Comma-separated files)
+How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside [character]?
 
 =item *
 
@@ -627,6 +630,10 @@ How do I count the number of lines in a file?
 
 =item *
 
+How can I use Perl's C<-i> option from within a program?
+
+=item *
+
 How do I make a temporary file name?
 
 =item *
@@ -958,7 +965,7 @@ How do I create a switch or case statement?
 
 =item *
 
-How can I catch accesses to undefined variables/functions/methods?
+How can I catch accesses to undefined variables, functions, or methods?
 
 =item *
 
@@ -1359,78 +1366,4 @@ be of use, but is not guaranteed to be correct, up to date, or suitable
 for any particular purpose whatsoever.  The authors accept no liability
 in respect of this information or its use.
 
-=head1 Changes
-
-=over 4
-
-=item 1/November/2000
-
-A few grammatical fixes and updates implemented by John Borwick.
-
-=item 23/May/99
-
-Extensive updates from the net in preparation for 5.6 release.
-
-=item 13/April/99
-
-More minor touch-ups.  Added new question at the end
-of perlfaq7 on variable names within variables.
-
-=item 7/January/99
-
-Small touch ups here and there.  Added all questions in this 
-document as a sort of table of contents.
-
-=item 22/June/98
-
-Significant changes throughout in preparation for the 5.005
-release.
-
-=item 24/April/97
-
-Style and whitespace changes from Chip, new question on reading one
-character at a time from a terminal using POSIX from Tom.
-
-=item 23/April/97
-
-Added http://www.oasis.leo.org/perl/ to L<perlfaq2>.  Style fix to
-L<perlfaq3>.  Added floating point precision, fixed complex number
-arithmetic, cross-references, caveat for Text::Wrap, alternative
-answer for initial capitalizing, fixed incorrect regexp, added example
-of Tie::IxHash to L<perlfaq4>.  Added example of passing and storing
-filehandles, added commify to L<perlfaq5>.  Restored variable suicide,
-and added mass commenting to L<perlfaq7>.  Added Net::Telnet, fixed
-backticks, added reader/writer pair to telnet question, added FindBin,
-grouped module questions together in L<perlfaq8>.  Expanded caveats
-for the simple URL extractor, gave LWP example, added CGI security
-question, expanded on the mail address answer in L<perlfaq9>.
-
-=item 25/March/97
-
-Added more info to the binary distribution section of L<perlfaq2>.
-Added Net::Telnet to L<perlfaq6>.  Fixed typos in L<perlfaq8>.  Added
-mail sending example to L<perlfaq9>.  Added Merlyn's columns to
-L<perlfaq2>.
-
-=item 18/March/97
-
-Added the DATE to the NAME section, indicating which sections have
-changed.
-
-Mentioned SIGPIPE and L<perlipc> in the forking open answer in
-L<perlfaq8>.
-
-Fixed description of a regular expression in L<perlfaq4>.
-
-=item 17/March/97 Version
-
-Various typos fixed throughout.
-
-Added new question on Perl BNF on L<perlfaq7>.
-
-=item Initial Release: 11/March/97
-
-This is the initial release of version 3 of the FAQ; consequently there
-have been no changes since its initial release.
-
 =back