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diff --git a/pod/perlfaq2.pod b/pod/perlfaq2.pod index 8a954da64e..bbc361a5ba 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq2.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq2.pod @@ -15,21 +15,22 @@ 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 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 +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 that are 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FAQ for Win32 Perl users is: http://www.endcontsw.com/people/evangelo/Perl_for_Win32_FAQ.html +[This FAQ is seriously outdated as of Jan 1998--it is only relevant to +the perl that ActiveState distributes, especially where it describes +various inadequacies and differences with the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? |