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diff --git a/pod/perlhist.pod b/pod/perlhist.pod index aebcaa8ef0..b56786c776 100644 --- a/pod/perlhist.pod +++ b/pod/perlhist.pod @@ -12,15 +12,15 @@ This document aims to record the Perl source code releases. Perl history in brief, by Larry Wall: - Perl 0 introduced Perl to my officemates. - Perl 1 introduced Perl to the world, and changed /\(...\|...\)/ to - /(...|...)/. \(Dan Faigin still hasn't forgiven me. :-\) - Perl 2 introduced Henry Spencer's regular expression package. - Perl 3 introduced the ability to handle binary data (embedded nulls). - Perl 4 introduced the first Camel book. Really. We mostly just - switched version numbers so the book could refer to 4.000. - Perl 5 introduced everything else, including the ability to - introduce everything else. + Perl 0 introduced Perl to my officemates. + Perl 1 introduced Perl to the world, and changed /\(...\|...\)/ to + /(...|...)/. \(Dan Faigin still hasn't forgiven me. :-\) + Perl 2 introduced Henry Spencer's regular expression package. + Perl 3 introduced the ability to handle binary data (embedded nulls). + Perl 4 introduced the first Camel book. Really. We mostly just + switched version numbers so the book could refer to 4.000. + Perl 5 introduced everything else, including the ability to + introduce everything else. =head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN |