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diff --git a/pod/perlform.pod b/pod/perlform.pod index 3e5dd78466..cf0bc068f1 100644 --- a/pod/perlform.pod +++ b/pod/perlform.pod @@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ perlform - Perl formats =head1 DESCRIPTION Perl has a mechanism to help you generate simple reports and charts. To -facilitate this, Perl helps you lay out your output page in your code in a -fashion that's close to how it will look when it's printed. It can keep -track of things like how many lines on a page, what page you're, when to +facilitate this, Perl helps you code up your output page +close to how it will look when it's printed. It can keep +track of things like how many lines on a page, what page you're on, when to print page headers, etc. Keywords are borrowed from FORTRAN: format() to declare and write() to execute; see their entries in L<perlfunc>. Fortunately, the layout is much more legible, more like |