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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ with all the defaults are: Each of these is explained in further detail below. -B<NOTE>: starting from the release 5.6.0 Perl will use a version +B<NOTE>: starting from the release 5.6.0, Perl will use a version scheme where even-numbered subreleases (like 5.6) are stable maintenance releases and odd-numbered subreleases (like 5.7) are unstable development releases. Development releases should not be @@ -806,23 +806,23 @@ and the long double support. =head2 Selecting File IO mechanisms -Executive summary: in Perl 5.8 you should use the default "PerlIO" +Executive summary: in Perl 5.8, you should use the default "PerlIO" as the IO mechanism unless you have a good reason not to. In more detail: previous versions of perl used the standard IO mechanisms as defined in stdio.h. Versions 5.003_02 and later of perl -introuced alternate IO mechanisms via a "PerlIO" abstraction, but up -until and including Perl 5.6 stdio mechanism was still the default and -the only supported mechanism. +introduced alternate IO mechanisms via a "PerlIO" abstraction, but up +until and including Perl 5.6, the stdio mechanism was still the default +and the only supported mechanism. -Starting from Perl 5.8 the default mechanism is to use the PerlIO +Starting from Perl 5.8, the default mechanism is to use the PerlIO abstraction, because it allows better control of I/O mechanisms, instead of having to work with (often, work around) vendors' I/O implementations. -This PerlIO abstraction can be disabled (but again, unless you know -what you are doing, should not) either on the Configure command line -with +This PerlIO abstraction can be (but again, unless you know what you +are doing, should not be) disabled either on the Configure command +line with sh Configure -Uuseperlio |