... debated—the Todo
file in the Perl source kit explains what’s currently on the table.
Perl 6
The future of Perl lies in Perl 6, a complete rewrite of the language. The purpose of Perl 6 is to address ...
problems with Perl 5 and to create a language that can continue to grow and change in the future. Larry
Wall has this to say about Perl 6:
Perl 5 was my rewrite of Perl. I...
... load() command but must specify the filename (in
quotes) exactly, for example:
> load( Beginning. RData”)
The Beginning. RData file must be in your default working directory and if it is not you must ... In Windowsor Macintosh,
these are hyperlinks so you can click them and jump to their help entries. In Linux the help is plain
text so there are no hyperlinks. If, however, you used
hel...
... design into Perl code, you can uncomment the Perl code
by removing the # signs. In this way you may have a mixture of Perl and pseudocode, but
you can run and test the Perl parts; the Perl interpreter ... programs in Perl.
So, in a nutshell, here are the basic steps for installing Perl on your computer:
Check to see if Perl is already installed; if so, check the that versio...
... comp.lang .perl. *. The groups in it are:
❑ comp.lang .perl. announce for Perl- related announcements: new modules, new versions of
Perl, conferences and so on.
❑ comp.lang .perl. misc for general Perl chat ... it at
http://www .perl. com/CPAN (note: no trailing slash!)
Other important Perl sites are:
❑ http://www.perlclinic.com/ – Paul Ingram's Perl Clinic, providing commercial...
... from and send input to a Perl program. For
the most part, with CGI scripts, these redirection features aren’t used.
When working with a CGI program written in Perl (or any Perl program, for that ... an undefined value
at /usr/lib/cgi-bin/perlbook/chap1/isecarp.cgi line 14.
The Carp module enables other debugging options as well. Use perldoc, the Perl docu-
mentation program, to look...
... 12.
TABLE 12: perlfaq
FAQ DESCRIPTION
perlfaq
Perl FAQs
perlfaq1
General questions about Perl
perlfaq2
Obtaining and learning about Perl
perlfaq3
Programming tools
perlfaq4
Data manipulation
perlfaq5
Files ... WHAT IS PERL? 1
Perl Today 2
Getting Perl 3
Working with Non-Windows Platforms: perlbrew 4
Using Windows 6
The Perl Community 8
IRC 8
PerlMonks 9
Perl Mongers 9
StackOve...
... versions:
$ perlbrew available
perl- 5.15.4
i perl- 5.14.2
perl- 5.12.4
i perl- 5.10.1
perl- 5.8.9
perl- 5.6.2
perl5 .005_04
perl5 .004_05
perl5 .003_07
The leading i indicates which versions of Perl ... used in Perl. If you prefer a web browser, go to
http://perldoc .perl. org/, select your Perl
version, and then go to:
http://perldoc .perl. org/perlnumber.html.
By co...
... design into Perl code, you can uncomment the Perl code by removing the # signs. In this
way you may have a mixture of Perl and pseudocode, but you can run and test the Perl parts; the Perl interpreter ... Red Hat has an rpm for Perl that
Red Hat Linux users can install by typing:
rpm -Uvh perl. rpm
(the actual name of the perl. rpm file varies).
If no binary version of Perl...
... various languages for the better part of his life. He
came to the PHP world by way of Perl, and came to Perl by way of The Web Union, an experimental Web
hosting provider for students and non-profit ... web page should be displayed, how pages should be linked, where to put images, and so
on.
Beginning PHP4
Wankyu Choi
Allan Kent
Chris Lea
Ganesh Prasad
Chris Ullma...