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author | Perl 5 Porters <perl5-porters@africa.nicoh.com> | 1997-04-25 00:00:00 +1200 |
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committer | Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> | 1997-04-25 00:00:00 +1200 |
commit | fc36a67e8855d031b2a6921819d899eb149eee2d (patch) | |
tree | 7e927725470a83d271eae7d78123f60cb86e60df /pod/perlfaq1.pod | |
parent | 74a7701791a30556a92328b89e5a00414a4ce4a3 (diff) | |
download | perl-fc36a67e8855d031b2a6921819d899eb149eee2d.tar.gz |
[inseparable changes from match from perl-5.003_97h to perl-5.003_97i]
CORE PORTABILITY
Subject: Provide memset() if it's missing
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: global.sym perl.h proto.h util.c
Subject: Don't tell GCC that warn(), croak(), and die() are printf-lik
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: proto.h
DOCUMENTATION
Subject: FAQ udpate (24-apr-97)
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 16:47:23 -0600 (MDT)
From: Nathan Torkington <gnat@prometheus.frii.com>
Files: pod/perlfaq*.pod
private-msgid: 199704242247.QAA07010@prometheus.frii.com
OTHER CORE CHANGES
Subject: Misc. sv_vcatpvfn() fixes
From: Hugo van der Sanden <hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk>
Files: gv.c mg.c op.c perl.c pp.c pp_ctl.c sv.c toke.c util.c
Subject: Enforce order of sprintf() elements
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: sv.c
Subject: Guard against long numbers, <<LONG_DELIM, and <long glob>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: global.sym mg.c perl.c pod/perldiag.pod proto.h toke.c util.c
Subject: Guard against C<goto> to deeply nested label
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod pp_ctl.c
Subject: Guard against overflow in dup2() emulation
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: util.c
Subject: Win32: Guard against long function names
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: win32/win32sck.c
Subject: Make mess() always work, by using a non-arena SV
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: perl.c util.c
Subject: When copying a format line, take only its string value
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: sv.c
Subject: Fix LEAKTEST numbers
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: ext/DynaLoader/dl_vms.xs handy.h os2/os2.c util.c vms/vms.c win32/win32.c win32/win32sck.c
Diffstat (limited to 'pod/perlfaq1.pod')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlfaq1.pod b/pod/perlfaq1.pod index 6463a98061..6af40ae129 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq1.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq1.pod @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ =head1 NAME -perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.11 $, $Date: 1997/03/19 17:23:09 $) +perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.12 $, $Date: 1997/04/24 22:43:34 $) =head1 DESCRIPTION @@ -190,11 +190,12 @@ In "standard terminology" a I<program> has been compiled to physical machine code once, and can then be be run multiple times, whereas a I<script> must be translated by a program each time it's used. Perl programs, however, are usually neither strictly compiled nor strictly -interpreted. They can be compiled to a byte code form (something of a Perl -virtual machine) or to completely different languages, like C or assembly -language. You can't tell just by looking whether the source is destined -for a pure interpreter, a parse-tree interpreter, a byte code interpreter, -or a native-code compiler, so it's hard to give a definitive answer here. +interpreted. They can be compiled to a byte code form (something of a +Perl virtual machine) or to completely different languages, like C or +assembly language. You can't tell just by looking whether the source +is destined for a pure interpreter, a parse-tree interpreter, a byte +code interpreter, or a native-code compiler, so it's hard to give a +definitive answer here. =head2 What is a JAPH? |