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diff --git a/pod/perltrap.pod b/pod/perltrap.pod index 6a6a443568..d8f667c736 100644 --- a/pod/perltrap.pod +++ b/pod/perltrap.pod @@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ Accustomed B<awk> users should take special note of the following: =item * +A Perl program executes only once, not once for each input line. You can +do an implicit loop with C<-n> or C<-p>. + +=item * + The English module, loaded via use English; @@ -174,7 +179,9 @@ Variables begin with "$", "@" or "%" in Perl. =item * -Comments begin with "#", not "/*". +Comments begin with "#", not "/*" or "//". Perl may interpret C/C++ +comments as division operators, unterminated regular expressions or +the defined-or operator. =item * @@ -206,6 +213,11 @@ Seasoned B<sed> programmers should take note of the following: =item * +A Perl program executes only once, not once for each input line. You can +do an implicit loop with C<-n> or C<-p>. + +=item * + Backreferences in substitutions use "$" rather than "\". =item * |