pod fixes (with minor edits) from Abigail, Ronald Kimball, Jon

Waddington, Tuomas Lukka, Steven Tolkin, Ian Phillipps, and
Steve Lidie

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@3676

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perlfaq5.pod b/pod/perlfaq5.pod
index 1e8252bfa6..3869ff3c5e 100644
--- a/pod/perlfaq5.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfaq5.pod
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ be an atomic operation over NFS.  That is, two processes might both
 successful create or unlink the same file!  Therefore O_EXCL
 isn't so exclusive as you might wish.
 
-See also the new L<perlopentut> if you have it (new for 5.006).
+See also the new L<perlopentut> if you have it (new for 5.6).
 
 =head2 Why do I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use E<lt>*E<gt>?
 
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ It would be a lot clearer to use sysopen(), though:
 	or die "can't open $badpath: $!";
 
 For more information, see also the new L<perlopentut> if you have it
-(new for 5.006).
+(new for 5.6).
 
 =head2 How can I reliably rename a file?
 
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ Slavish adherence to portability concerns shouldn't get in the way of
 your getting your job done.)
 
 For more information on file locking, see also L<perlopentut/"File
-Locking"> if you have it (new for 5.006).
+Locking"> if you have it (new for 5.6).
 
 =back
 
@@ -855,11 +855,10 @@ you'd get a list of all the lines:
 
     @lines = `cat $file`;
 
-This tiny but expedient solution is neat, clean, and portable to all
-systems that you've bothered to install decent tools on, even if you are
-a Prisoner of Bill.  For those die-hards PoBs who've paid their billtax
-and refuse to use the toolbox, or who like writing complicated code for
-job security, you can of course read the file manually.
+This tiny but expedient solution is neat, clean, and portable to
+all systems on which decent tools have been installed.  For those
+who prefer not to use the toolbox, you can of course read the file
+manually, although this makes for more complicated code.
 
     {
 	local(*INPUT, $/);
@@ -1208,7 +1207,7 @@ of Perl or of its documentation (printed or otherwise), this works is
 covered under Perl's Artistic License.  For separate distributions of
 all or part of this FAQ outside of that, see L<perlfaq>.
 
-Irrespective of its distribution, all code examples here are public
+Irrespective of its distribution, all code examples here are in the public
 domain.  You are permitted and encouraged to use this code and any
 derivatives thereof in your own programs for fun or for profit as you
 see fit.  A simple comment in the code giving credit to the FAQ would