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diff --git a/pod/perlport.pod b/pod/perlport.pod index 8966097b24..7f779c955e 100644 --- a/pod/perlport.pod +++ b/pod/perlport.pod @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ If you need to distinguish between endian architectures you could use either of the variables set like so: $is_big_endian = unpack("h*", pack("s", 1)) =~ /01/; - $is_litte_endian = unpack("h*", pack("s", 1)) =~ /^1/; + $is_little_endian = unpack("h*", pack("s", 1)) =~ /^1/; Differing widths can cause truncation even between platforms of equal endianness. The platform of shorter width loses the upper parts of the @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ So, it is reasonably safe to assume that all platforms support the notion of a "path" to uniquely identify a file on the system. How that path is really written, though, differs considerably. -Atlhough similar, file path specifications differ between Unix, +Although similar, file path specifications differ between Unix, Windows, S<Mac OS>, OS/2, VMS, VOS, S<RISC OS>, and probably others. Unix, for example, is one of the few OSes that has the elegant idea of a single root directory. @@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ Commands that launch external processes are generally supported on most platforms (though many of them do not support any type of forking). The problem with using them arises from what you invoke them on. External tools are often named differently on different -platforms, may not be available in the same location, migth accept +platforms, may not be available in the same location, might accept different arguments, can behave differently, and often present their results in a platform-dependent way. Thus, you should seldom depend on them to produce consistent results. (Then again, if you're calling |