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author | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 1998-07-22 05:10:53 +0000 |
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committer | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 1998-07-22 05:10:53 +0000 |
commit | 92c2ed055315fc5be2c58f97c40236945f31f32e (patch) | |
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perlfaq update from From Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington
(removes all mention of training courses from perlfaq*.pod)
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@1621
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diff --git a/pod/perlfaq2.pod b/pod/perlfaq2.pod index a994042fef..c743a0efc8 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq2.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq2.pod @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ =head1 NAME -perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.20 $, $Date: 1998/07/05 15:07:20 $) +perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.24 $, $Date: 1998/07/20 23:40:28 $) =head1 DESCRIPTION This section of the FAQ answers questions about where to find -source and documentation for Perl, support and training, and +source and documentation for Perl, support, and related matters. =head2 What machines support Perl? Where do I get it? @@ -15,22 +15,21 @@ development team) is distributed only in source code form. You can find this at http://www.perl.com/CPAN/src/latest.tar.gz, which is a gzipped archive in POSIX tar format. This source builds with no porting whatsoever on most Unix systems (Perl's native environment), -as well as Windows NT, Plan 9, VMS, QNX, OS/2, and the Amiga. - -Binary distributions for various platforms can be found -http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ports/ directory. Some of these ports (especially -the ones not part of the standard sources) may behave differently -than what is documented in the standard source documentation. These -differences can be either positive (e.g. extensions for the features of the -particular platform that are not supported in the source release of perl) -or negative (e.g. might be based upon a less current source release of perl). - -A useful FAQ for Win32 Perl users is: +as well as Plan 9, VMS, QNX, OS/2, and the Amiga. + +Although it's rumored that the (imminent) 5.004 release may build +on Windows NT, this is yet to be proven. Binary distributions +for 32-bit Microsoft systems and for Apple systems can be found +http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ports/ directory. Because these are not part of +the standard distribution, they may and in fact do differ from the base +Perl port in a variety of ways. You'll have to check their respective +release notes to see just what the differences are. These differences +can be either positive (e.g. extensions for the features of the particular +platform that are not supported in the source release of perl) or negative +(e.g. might be based upon a less current source release of perl). + +A useful FAQ for Win32 Perl users is http://www.endcontsw.com/people/evangelo/Perl_for_Win32_FAQ.html -[This FAQ is seriously outdated as of May 1998--it is only relevant to -the perl that ActiveState distributes, especially where it describes -various inadequacies and differences with the standard perl extension -build support.] =head2 How can I get a binary version of Perl? @@ -383,19 +382,6 @@ very slow to select on 18000 articles. If you have, or know where can be found, the missing sections, please let perlfaq-suggestions@perl.com know. -=head2 Perl Training - -While some large training companies offer their own courses on -Perl, you may prefer to contact individuals near and dear to -the heart of Perl development. Two well-known members of the -Perl development team head companies which offer such things -are Tom Christiansen <perl-classes@perl.com> and Randal Schwartz -<perl-training-info@stonehenge.com>, plus their respective minions, -who offer a variety of professional tutorials and seminars on Perl. -These courses include large public seminars, private corporate training, -and fly-ins to Colorado and Oregon. Contact Tom or Randal for details, -or see http://www.perl.com/perl/info/training.html on the web. - =head2 Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl? In a sense, Perl already I<is> commercial software: It has a licence |