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131 | .IX Title "PERLFAQ2 1" | |
132 | .TH PERLFAQ2 1 "2006-01-07" "perl v5.8.8" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide" | |
133 | .SH "NAME" | |
134 | perlfaq2 \- Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.39 $, $Date: 2006/01/08 14:27:07 $) | |
135 | .SH "DESCRIPTION" | |
136 | .IX Header "DESCRIPTION" | |
137 | This section of the \s-1FAQ\s0 answers questions about where to find | |
138 | source and documentation for Perl, support, and | |
139 | related matters. | |
140 | .Sh "What machines support perl? Where do I get it?" | |
141 | .IX Subsection "What machines support perl? Where do I get it?" | |
142 | The standard release of perl (the one maintained by the perl | |
143 | development team) is distributed only in source code form. You | |
144 | can find this at http://www.cpan.org/src/latest.tar.gz , which | |
145 | is in a standard Internet format (a gzipped archive in \s-1POSIX\s0 tar format). | |
146 | .PP | |
147 | Perl builds and runs on a bewildering number of platforms. Virtually | |
148 | all known and current Unix derivatives are supported (perl's native | |
149 | platform), as are other systems like \s-1VMS\s0, \s-1DOS\s0, \s-1OS/2\s0, Windows, | |
150 | \&\s-1QNX\s0, BeOS, \s-1OS\s0 X, MPE/iX and the Amiga. | |
151 | .PP | |
152 | Binary distributions for some proprietary platforms, including | |
153 | Apple systems, can be found http://www.cpan.org/ports/ directory. | |
154 | Because these are not part of the standard distribution, they may | |
155 | and in fact do differ from the base perl port in a variety of ways. | |
156 | You'll have to check their respective release notes to see just | |
157 | what the differences are. These differences can be either positive | |
158 | (e.g. extensions for the features of the particular platform that | |
159 | are not supported in the source release of perl) or negative (e.g. | |
160 | might be based upon a less current source release of perl). | |
161 | .Sh "How can I get a binary version of perl?" | |
162 | .IX Subsection "How can I get a binary version of perl?" | |
163 | If you don't have a C compiler because your vendor for whatever | |
164 | reasons did not include one with your system, the best thing to do is | |
165 | grab a binary version of gcc from the net and use that to compile perl | |
166 | with. \s-1CPAN\s0 only has binaries for systems that are terribly hard to | |
167 | get free compilers for, not for Unix systems. | |
168 | .PP | |
169 | Some URLs that might help you are: | |
170 | .PP | |
171 | .Vb 2 | |
172 | \& http://www.cpan.org/ports/ | |
173 | \& http://www.perl.com/pub/language/info/software.html | |
174 | .Ve | |
175 | .PP | |
176 | Someone looking for a perl for Win16 might look to Laszlo Molnar's djgpp | |
177 | port in http://www.cpan.org/ports/#msdos , which comes with clear | |
178 | installation instructions. A simple installation guide for MS-DOS using | |
179 | Ilya Zakharevich's \s-1OS/2\s0 port is available at | |
180 | http://www.cs.ruu.nl/%7Epiet/perl5dos.html | |
181 | and similarly for Windows 3.1 at http://www.cs.ruu.nl/%7Epiet/perlwin3.html . | |
182 | .Sh "I don't have a C compiler. How can I build my own Perl interpreter?" | |
183 | .IX Subsection "I don't have a C compiler. How can I build my own Perl interpreter?" | |
184 | Since you don't have a C compiler, you're doomed and your vendor | |
185 | should be sacrificed to the Sun gods. But that doesn't help you. | |
186 | .PP | |
187 | What you need to do is get a binary version of gcc for your system | |
188 | first. Consult the Usenet FAQs for your operating system for | |
189 | information on where to get such a binary version. | |
190 | .Sh "I copied the perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts don't work." | |
191 | .IX Subsection "I copied the perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts don't work." | |
192 | That's probably because you forgot libraries, or library paths differ. | |
193 | You really should build the whole distribution on the machine it will | |
194 | eventually live on, and then type \f(CW\*(C`make install\*(C'\fR. Most other | |
195 | approaches are doomed to failure. | |
196 | .PP | |
197 | One simple way to check that things are in the right place is to print out | |
198 | the hard-coded \f(CW@INC\fR that perl looks through for libraries: | |
199 | .PP | |
200 | .Vb 1 | |
201 | \& % perl -le 'print for @INC' | |
202 | .Ve | |
203 | .PP | |
204 | If this command lists any paths that don't exist on your system, then you | |
205 | may need to move the appropriate libraries to these locations, or create | |
206 | symbolic links, aliases, or shortcuts appropriately. \f(CW@INC\fR is also printed as | |
207 | part of the output of | |
208 | .PP | |
209 | .Vb 1 | |
210 | \& % perl -V | |
211 | .Ve | |
212 | .PP | |
213 | You might also want to check out | |
214 | \&\*(L"How do I keep my own module/library directory?\*(R" in perlfaq8. | |
215 | .Sh "I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work?" | |
216 | .IX Subsection "I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work?" | |
217 | Read the \fI\s-1INSTALL\s0\fR file, which is part of the source distribution. | |
218 | It describes in detail how to cope with most idiosyncrasies that the | |
219 | Configure script can't work around for any given system or | |
220 | architecture. | |
221 | .Sh "What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is \s-1CPAN\s0? What does CPAN/src/... mean?" | |
222 | .IX Subsection "What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN? What does CPAN/src/... mean?" | |
223 | \&\s-1CPAN\s0 stands for Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, a ~1.2Gb archive | |
224 | replicated on nearly 200 machines all over the world. \s-1CPAN\s0 contains | |
225 | source code, non-native ports, documentation, scripts, and many | |
226 | third-party modules and extensions, designed for everything from | |
227 | commercial database interfaces to keyboard/screen control to web | |
228 | walking and \s-1CGI\s0 scripts. The master web site for \s-1CPAN\s0 is | |
229 | http://www.cpan.org/ and there is the \s-1CPAN\s0 Multiplexer at | |
230 | http://www.cpan.org/CPAN.html which will choose a mirror near you | |
231 | via \s-1DNS\s0. See http://www.perl.com/CPAN (without a slash at the | |
232 | end) for how this process works. Also, http://mirror.cpan.org/ | |
233 | has a nice interface to the http://www.cpan.org/MIRRORED.BY | |
234 | mirror directory. | |
235 | .PP | |
236 | See the \s-1CPAN\s0 \s-1FAQ\s0 at http://www.cpan.org/misc/cpan\-faq.html for | |
237 | answers to the most frequently asked questions about \s-1CPAN\s0 | |
238 | including how to become a mirror. | |
239 | .PP | |
240 | CPAN/path/... is a naming convention for files available on \s-1CPAN\s0 | |
241 | sites. \s-1CPAN\s0 indicates the base directory of a \s-1CPAN\s0 mirror, and the | |
242 | rest of the path is the path from that directory to the file. For | |
243 | instance, if you're using ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN | |
244 | as your \s-1CPAN\s0 site, the file CPAN/misc/japh is downloadable as | |
245 | ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/misc/japh . | |
246 | .PP | |
247 | Considering that there are close to two thousand existing modules in | |
248 | the archive, one probably exists to do nearly anything you can think of. | |
249 | Current categories under CPAN/modules/by\-category/ include Perl core | |
250 | modules; development support; operating system interfaces; networking, | |
251 | devices, and interprocess communication; data type utilities; database | |
252 | interfaces; user interfaces; interfaces to other languages; filenames, | |
253 | file systems, and file locking; internationalization and locale; world | |
254 | wide web support; server and daemon utilities; archiving and | |
255 | compression; image manipulation; mail and news; control flow | |
256 | utilities; filehandle and I/O; Microsoft Windows modules; and | |
257 | miscellaneous modules. | |
258 | .PP | |
259 | See http://www.cpan.org/modules/00modlist.long.html or | |
260 | http://search.cpan.org/ for a more complete list of modules by category. | |
261 | .PP | |
262 | \&\s-1CPAN\s0 is not affiliated with O'Reilly Media. | |
263 | .Sh "Is there an \s-1ISO\s0 or \s-1ANSI\s0 certified version of Perl?" | |
264 | .IX Subsection "Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl?" | |
265 | Certainly not. Larry expects that he'll be certified before Perl is. | |
266 | .Sh "Where can I get information on Perl?" | |
267 | .IX Subsection "Where can I get information on Perl?" | |
268 | The complete Perl documentation is available with the Perl distribution. | |
269 | If you have Perl installed locally, you probably have the documentation | |
270 | installed as well: type \f(CW\*(C`man perl\*(C'\fR if you're on a system resembling Unix. | |
271 | This will lead you to other important man pages, including how to set your | |
272 | \&\f(CW$MANPATH\fR. If you're not on a Unix system, access to the documentation | |
273 | will be different; for example, documentation might only be in \s-1HTML\s0 format. All | |
274 | proper perl installations have fully-accessible documentation. | |
275 | .PP | |
276 | You might also try \f(CW\*(C`perldoc perl\*(C'\fR in case your system doesn't | |
277 | have a proper man command, or it's been misinstalled. If that doesn't | |
278 | work, try looking in /usr/local/lib/perl5/pod for documentation. | |
279 | .PP | |
280 | If all else fails, consult http://perldoc.perl.org/ which has the | |
281 | complete documentation in \s-1HTML\s0 and \s-1PDF\s0 format. | |
282 | .PP | |
283 | Many good books have been written about Perl\*(--see the section below | |
284 | for more details. | |
285 | .PP | |
286 | Tutorial documents are included in current or upcoming Perl releases | |
287 | include perltoot for objects or perlboot for a beginner's | |
288 | approach to objects, perlopentut for file opening semantics, | |
289 | perlreftut for managing references, perlretut for regular | |
290 | expressions, perlthrtut for threads, perldebtut for debugging, | |
291 | and perlxstut for linking C and Perl together. There may be more | |
292 | by the time you read this. These URLs might also be useful: | |
293 | .PP | |
294 | .Vb 2 | |
295 | \& http://perldoc.perl.org/ | |
296 | \& http://bookmarks.cpan.org/search.cgi?cat=Training%2FTutorials | |
297 | .Ve | |
298 | .Sh "What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions?" | |
299 | .IX Subsection "What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions?" | |
300 | Several groups devoted to the Perl language are on Usenet: | |
301 | .PP | |
302 | .Vb 5 | |
303 | \& comp.lang.perl.announce Moderated announcement group | |
304 | \& comp.lang.perl.misc High traffic general Perl discussion | |
305 | \& comp.lang.perl.moderated Moderated discussion group | |
306 | \& comp.lang.perl.modules Use and development of Perl modules | |
307 | \& comp.lang.perl.tk Using Tk (and X) from Perl | |
308 | .Ve | |
309 | .PP | |
310 | .Vb 1 | |
311 | \& comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi Writing CGI scripts for the Web. | |
312 | .Ve | |
313 | .PP | |
314 | Some years ago, comp.lang.perl was divided into those groups, and | |
315 | comp.lang.perl itself officially removed. While that group may still | |
316 | be found on some news servers, it is unwise to use it, because | |
317 | postings there will not appear on news servers which honour the | |
318 | official list of group names. Use comp.lang.perl.misc for topics | |
319 | which do not have a more-appropriate specific group. | |
320 | .PP | |
321 | There is also a Usenet gateway to Perl mailing lists sponsored by | |
322 | perl.org at nntp://nntp.perl.org , a web interface to the same lists | |
323 | at http://nntp.perl.org/group/ and these lists are also available | |
324 | under the \f(CW\*(C`perl.*\*(C'\fR hierarchy at http://groups.google.com . Other | |
325 | groups are listed at http://lists.perl.org/ ( also known as | |
326 | http://lists.cpan.org/ ). | |
327 | .PP | |
328 | A nice place to ask questions is the PerlMonks site, | |
329 | http://www.perlmonks.org/ , or the Perl Beginners mailing list | |
330 | http://lists.perl.org/showlist.cgi?name=beginners . | |
331 | .PP | |
332 | Note that none of the above are supposed to write your code for you: | |
333 | asking questions about particular problems or general advice is fine, | |
334 | but asking someone to write your code for free is not very cool. | |
335 | .Sh "Where should I post source code?" | |
336 | .IX Subsection "Where should I post source code?" | |
337 | You should post source code to whichever group is most appropriate, but | |
338 | feel free to cross-post to comp.lang.perl.misc. If you want to cross-post | |
339 | to alt.sources, please make sure it follows their posting standards, | |
340 | including setting the Followup-To header line to \s-1NOT\s0 include alt.sources; | |
341 | see their \s-1FAQ\s0 ( http://www.faqs.org/faqs/alt\-sources\-intro/ ) for details. | |
342 | .PP | |
343 | If you're just looking for software, first use Google | |
344 | ( http://www.google.com ), Google's usenet search interface | |
345 | ( http://groups.google.com ), and \s-1CPAN\s0 Search ( http://search.cpan.org ). | |
346 | This is faster and more productive than just posting a request. | |
347 | .Sh "Perl Books" | |
348 | .IX Subsection "Perl Books" | |
349 | A number of books on Perl and/or \s-1CGI\s0 programming are available. A few | |
350 | of these are good, some are \s-1OK\s0, but many aren't worth your money. | |
351 | There is a list of these books, some with extensive reviews, at | |
352 | http://books.perl.org/ . If you don't see your book listed here, you | |
353 | can write to perlfaq\-workers@perl.org . | |
354 | .PP | |
355 | The incontestably definitive reference book on Perl, written by | |
356 | the creator of Perl, is Programming Perl: | |
357 | .PP | |
358 | .Vb 5 | |
359 | \& Programming Perl (the "Camel Book"): | |
360 | \& by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, and Jon Orwant | |
361 | \& ISBN 0-596-00027-8 [3rd edition July 2000] | |
362 | \& http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pperl3/ | |
363 | \& (English, translations to several languages are also available) | |
364 | .Ve | |
365 | .PP | |
366 | The companion volume to the Camel containing thousands | |
367 | of real-world examples, mini\-tutorials, and complete programs is: | |
368 | .PP | |
369 | .Vb 5 | |
370 | \& The Perl Cookbook (the "Ram Book"): | |
371 | \& by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington, | |
372 | \& with Foreword by Larry Wall | |
373 | \& ISBN 0-596-00313-7 [2nd Edition August 2003] | |
374 | \& http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlckbk2/ | |
375 | .Ve | |
376 | .PP | |
377 | If you're already a seasoned programmer, then the Camel Book might | |
378 | suffice for you to learn Perl. If you're not, check out the | |
379 | Llama book: | |
380 | .PP | |
381 | .Vb 4 | |
382 | \& Learning Perl | |
383 | \& by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, and brian d foy | |
384 | \& ISBN 0-596-10105-8 [4th edition July 2005] | |
385 | \& http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnperl4/ | |
386 | .Ve | |
387 | .PP | |
388 | And for more advanced information on writing larger programs, | |
389 | presented in the same style as the Llama book, continue your education | |
390 | with the Alpaca book: | |
391 | .PP | |
392 | .Vb 4 | |
393 | \& Learning Perl Objects, References, and Modules (the "Alpaca Book") | |
394 | \& by Randal L. Schwartz, with Tom Phoenix (foreword by Damian Conway) | |
395 | \& ISBN 0-596-00478-8 [1st edition June 2003] | |
396 | \& http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lrnperlorm/ | |
397 | .Ve | |
398 | .PP | |
399 | If you're not an accidental programmer, but a more serious and | |
400 | possibly even degreed computer scientist who doesn't need as much | |
401 | hand-holding as we try to provide in the Llama, please check out the | |
402 | delightful book | |
403 | .PP | |
404 | .Vb 5 | |
405 | \& Perl: The Programmer's Companion | |
406 | \& by Nigel Chapman | |
407 | \& ISBN 0-471-97563-X [1997, 3rd printing Spring 1998] | |
408 | \& http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/97563-X.htm | |
409 | \& http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/chapman/perl/perltpc.html (errata etc) | |
410 | .Ve | |
411 | .PP | |
412 | If you are more at home in Windows the following is available | |
413 | (though unfortunately rather dated). | |
414 | .PP | |
415 | .Vb 5 | |
416 | \& Learning Perl on Win32 Systems (the "Gecko Book") | |
417 | \& by Randal L. Schwartz, Erik Olson, and Tom Christiansen, | |
418 | \& with foreword by Larry Wall | |
419 | \& ISBN 1-56592-324-3 [1st edition August 1997] | |
420 | \& http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperlwin/ | |
421 | .Ve | |
422 | .PP | |
423 | Addison-Wesley ( http://www.awlonline.com/ ) and Manning | |
424 | ( http://www.manning.com/ ) are also publishers of some fine Perl books | |
425 | such as \fIObject Oriented Programming with Perl\fR by Damian Conway and | |
426 | \&\fINetwork Programming with Perl\fR by Lincoln Stein. | |
427 | .PP | |
428 | An excellent technical book discounter is Bookpool at | |
429 | http://www.bookpool.com/ where a 30% discount or more is not unusual. | |
430 | .PP | |
431 | What follows is a list of the books that the \s-1FAQ\s0 authors found personally | |
432 | useful. Your mileage may (but, we hope, probably won't) vary. | |
433 | .PP | |
434 | Recommended books on (or mostly on) Perl follow. | |
435 | .IP "References" 4 | |
436 | .IX Item "References" | |
437 | .Vb 4 | |
438 | \& Programming Perl | |
439 | \& by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, and Jon Orwant | |
440 | \& ISBN 0-596-00027-8 [3rd edition July 2000] | |
441 | \& http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pperl3/ | |
442 | .Ve | |
443 | .Sp | |
444 | .Vb 4 | |
445 | \& Perl 5 Pocket Reference | |
446 | \& by Johan Vromans | |
447 | \& ISBN 0-596-00032-4 [3rd edition May 2000] | |
448 | \& http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlpr3/ | |
449 | .Ve | |
450 | .IP "Tutorials" 4 | |
451 | .IX Item "Tutorials" | |
452 | .Vb 4 | |
453 | \& Beginning Perl | |
454 | \& by James Lee | |
455 | \& ISBN 1-59059-391-X [2nd edition August 2004] | |
456 | \& http://apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=344 | |
457 | .Ve | |
458 | .Sp | |
459 | .Vb 4 | |
460 | \& Elements of Programming with Perl | |
461 | \& by Andrew L. Johnson | |
462 | \& ISBN 1-884777-80-5 [1st edition October 1999] | |
463 | \& http://www.manning.com/Johnson/ | |
464 | .Ve | |
465 | .Sp | |
466 | .Vb 4 | |
467 | \& Learning Perl | |
468 | \& by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, and brian d foy | |
469 | \& ISBN 0-596-10105-8 [4th edition July 2005] | |
470 | \& http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnperl4/ | |
471 | .Ve | |
472 | .Sp | |
473 | .Vb 4 | |
474 | \& Learning Perl Objects, References, and Modules | |
475 | \& by Randal L. Schwartz, with Tom Phoenix (foreword by Damian Conway) | |
476 | \& ISBN 0-596-00478-8 [1st edition June 2003] | |
477 | \& http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lrnperlorm/ | |
478 | .Ve | |
479 | .IP "Task-Oriented" 4 | |
480 | .IX Item "Task-Oriented" | |
481 | .Vb 4 | |
482 | \& Writing Perl Modules for CPAN | |
483 | \& by Sam Tregar | |
484 | \& ISBN 1-59059-018-X [1st edition Aug 2002] | |
485 | \& http://apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=14 | |
486 | .Ve | |
487 | .Sp | |
488 | .Vb 5 | |
489 | \& The Perl Cookbook | |
490 | \& by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington | |
491 | \& with foreword by Larry Wall | |
492 | \& ISBN 1-56592-243-3 [1st edition August 1998] | |
493 | \& http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/cookbook/ | |
494 | .Ve | |
495 | .Sp | |
496 | .Vb 4 | |
497 | \& Effective Perl Programming | |
498 | \& by Joseph Hall | |
499 | \& ISBN 0-201-41975-0 [1st edition 1998] | |
500 | \& http://www.awl.com/ | |
501 | .Ve | |
502 | .Sp | |
503 | .Vb 4 | |
504 | \& Real World SQL Server Administration with Perl | |
505 | \& by Linchi Shea | |
506 | \& ISBN 1-59059-097-X [1st edition July 2003] | |
507 | \& http://apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=171 | |
508 | .Ve | |
509 | .IP "Special Topics" 4 | |
510 | .IX Item "Special Topics" | |
511 | .Vb 4 | |
512 | \& Perl Best Practices | |
513 | \& by Damian Conway | |
514 | \& ISBN: 0-596-00173-8 [1st edition July 2005] | |
515 | \& http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlbp/ | |
516 | .Ve | |
517 | .Sp | |
518 | .Vb 4 | |
519 | \& Higher Order Perl | |
520 | \& by Mark-Jason Dominus | |
521 | \& ISBN: 1558607013 [1st edition March 2005] | |
522 | \& http://hop.perl.plover.com/ | |
523 | .Ve | |
524 | .Sp | |
525 | .Vb 4 | |
526 | \& Perl 6 Now: The Core Ideas Illustrated with Perl 5 | |
527 | \& by Scott Walters | |
528 | \& ISBN 1-59059-395-2 [1st edition December 2004] | |
529 | \& http://apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=355 | |
530 | .Ve | |
531 | .Sp | |
532 | .Vb 4 | |
533 | \& Mastering Regular Expressions | |
534 | \& by Jeffrey E. F. Friedl | |
535 | \& ISBN 0-596-00289-0 [2nd edition July 2002] | |
536 | \& http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/regex2/ | |
537 | .Ve | |
538 | .Sp | |
539 | .Vb 4 | |
540 | \& Network Programming with Perl | |
541 | \& by Lincoln Stein | |
542 | \& ISBN 0-201-61571-1 [1st edition 2001] | |
543 | \& http://www.awlonline.com/ | |
544 | .Ve | |
545 | .Sp | |
546 | .Vb 5 | |
547 | \& Object Oriented Perl | |
548 | \& Damian Conway | |
549 | \& with foreword by Randal L. Schwartz | |
550 | \& ISBN 1-884777-79-1 [1st edition August 1999] | |
551 | \& http://www.manning.com/Conway/ | |
552 | .Ve | |
553 | .Sp | |
554 | .Vb 4 | |
555 | \& Data Munging with Perl | |
556 | \& Dave Cross | |
557 | \& ISBN 1-930110-00-6 [1st edition 2001] | |
558 | \& http://www.manning.com/cross | |
559 | .Ve | |
560 | .Sp | |
561 | .Vb 4 | |
562 | \& Mastering Perl/Tk | |
563 | \& by Steve Lidie and Nancy Walsh | |
564 | \& ISBN 1-56592-716-8 [1st edition January 2002] | |
565 | \& http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mastperltk/ | |
566 | .Ve | |
567 | .Sp | |
568 | .Vb 4 | |
569 | \& Extending and Embedding Perl | |
570 | \& by Tim Jenness and Simon Cozens | |
571 | \& ISBN 1-930110-82-0 [1st edition August 2002] | |
572 | \& http://www.manning.com/jenness | |
573 | .Ve | |
574 | .Sp | |
575 | .Vb 4 | |
576 | \& Perl Debugger Pocket Reference | |
577 | \& by Richard Foley | |
578 | \& ISBN 0-596-00503-2 [1st edition January 2004] | |
579 | \& http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perldebugpr/ | |
580 | .Ve | |
581 | .Sh "Which magazines have Perl content?" | |
582 | .IX Subsection "Which magazines have Perl content?" | |
583 | The first (and for a long time, only) periodical devoted to All Things Perl, | |
584 | \&\fIThe Perl Journal\fR contains tutorials, demonstrations, case studies, | |
585 | announcements, contests, and much more. \fI\s-1TPJ\s0\fR has columns on web | |
586 | development, databases, Win32 Perl, graphical programming, regular | |
587 | expressions, and networking, and sponsors the Obfuscated Perl Contest | |
588 | and the Perl Poetry Contests. Beginning in November 2002, \s-1TPJ\s0 moved to a | |
589 | reader-supported monthly e\-zine format in which subscribers can download | |
590 | issues as \s-1PDF\s0 documents. For more details on \s-1TPJ\s0, see http://www.tpj.com/ | |
591 | .PP | |
592 | Beyond this, magazines that frequently carry quality articles on | |
593 | Perl are \fIThe Perl Review\fR ( http://www.theperlreview.com ), | |
594 | \&\fIUnix Review\fR ( http://www.unixreview.com/ ), | |
595 | \&\fILinux Magazine\fR ( http://www.linuxmagazine.com/ ), | |
596 | and Usenix's newsletter/magazine to its members, \fIlogin:\fR | |
597 | ( http://www.usenix.org/ ) | |
598 | .PP | |
599 | The Perl columns of Randal L. Schwartz are available on the web at | |
600 | http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/WebTechniques/ , | |
601 | http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/UnixReview/ , and | |
602 | http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/LinuxMag/ . | |
603 | .Sh "What mailing lists are there for Perl?" | |
604 | .IX Subsection "What mailing lists are there for Perl?" | |
605 | Most of the major modules (Tk, \s-1CGI\s0, libwww\-perl) have their own | |
606 | mailing lists. Consult the documentation that came with the module for | |
607 | subscription information. | |
608 | .PP | |
609 | A comprehensive list of Perl related mailing lists can be found at: | |
610 | .PP | |
611 | .Vb 1 | |
612 | \& http://lists.perl.org/ | |
613 | .Ve | |
614 | .Sh "Where are the archives for comp.lang.perl.misc?" | |
615 | .IX Subsection "Where are the archives for comp.lang.perl.misc?" | |
616 | The Google search engine now carries archived and searchable newsgroup | |
617 | content. | |
618 | .PP | |
619 | http://groups.google.com/groups?group=comp.lang.perl.misc | |
620 | .PP | |
621 | If you have a question, you can be sure someone has already asked the | |
622 | same question at some point on c.l.p.m. It requires some time and patience | |
623 | to sift through all the content but often you will find the answer you | |
624 | seek. | |
625 | .Sh "Where can I buy a commercial version of perl?" | |
626 | .IX Subsection "Where can I buy a commercial version of perl?" | |
627 | In a real sense, perl already \fIis\fR commercial software: it has a license | |
628 | that you can grab and carefully read to your manager. It is distributed | |
629 | in releases and comes in well-defined packages. There is a very large | |
630 | user community and an extensive literature. The comp.lang.perl.* | |
631 | newsgroups and several of the mailing lists provide free answers to your | |
632 | questions in near real\-time. Perl has traditionally been supported by | |
633 | Larry, scores of software designers and developers, and myriad | |
634 | programmers, all working for free to create a useful thing to make life | |
635 | better for everyone. | |
636 | .PP | |
637 | However, these answers may not suffice for managers who require a | |
638 | purchase order from a company whom they can sue should anything go awry. | |
639 | Or maybe they need very serious hand-holding and contractual obligations. | |
640 | Shrink-wrapped CDs with perl on them are available from several sources if | |
641 | that will help. For example, many Perl books include a distribution of perl, | |
642 | as do the O'Reilly Perl Resource Kits (in both the Unix flavor | |
643 | and in the proprietary Microsoft flavor); the free Unix distributions | |
644 | also all come with perl. | |
645 | .Sh "Where do I send bug reports?" | |
646 | .IX Subsection "Where do I send bug reports?" | |
647 | If you are reporting a bug in the perl interpreter or the modules | |
648 | shipped with Perl, use the \fIperlbug\fR program in the Perl distribution or | |
649 | mail your report to perlbug@perl.org or at http://rt.perl.org/perlbug/ . | |
650 | .PP | |
651 | For Perl modules, you can submit bug reports to the Request Tracker set | |
652 | up at http://rt.cpan.org . | |
653 | .PP | |
654 | If you are posting a bug with a non-standard port (see the answer to | |
655 | \&\*(L"What platforms is perl available for?\*(R"), a binary distribution, or a | |
656 | non-standard module (such as Tk, \s-1CGI\s0, etc), then please see the | |
657 | documentation that came with it to determine the correct place to post | |
658 | bugs. | |
659 | .PP | |
660 | Read the \fIperlbug\fR\|(1) man page (perl5.004 or later) for more information. | |
661 | .Sh "What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org? cpan.org?" | |
662 | .IX Subsection "What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org? cpan.org?" | |
663 | Perl.com at http://www.perl.com/ is part of the O'Reilly Network, a | |
664 | subsidiary of O'Reilly Media. | |
665 | .PP | |
666 | The Perl Foundation is an advocacy organization for the Perl language | |
667 | which maintains the web site http://www.perl.org/ as a general | |
668 | advocacy site for the Perl language. It uses the domain to provide | |
669 | general support services to the Perl community, including the hosting | |
670 | of mailing lists, web sites, and other services. The web site | |
671 | http://www.perl.org/ is a general advocacy site for the Perl language, | |
672 | and there are many other sub-domains for special topics, such as | |
673 | .PP | |
674 | .Vb 4 | |
675 | \& http://learn.perl.org/ | |
676 | \& http://use.perl.org/ | |
677 | \& http://jobs.perl.org/ | |
678 | \& http://lists.perl.org/ | |
679 | .Ve | |
680 | .PP | |
681 | Perl Mongers uses the pm.org domain for services related to Perl user | |
682 | groups, including the hosting of mailing lists and web sites. See the | |
683 | Perl user group web site at http://www.pm.org/ for more information about | |
684 | joining, starting, or requesting services for a Perl user group. | |
685 | .PP | |
686 | http://www.cpan.org/ is the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, | |
687 | a replicated worldwide repository of Perl software, see | |
688 | the \fIWhat is \s-1CPAN\s0?\fR question earlier in this document. | |
689 | .SH "AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT" | |
690 | .IX Header "AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT" | |
691 | Copyright (c) 1997\-2006 Tom Christiansen, Nathan Torkington, and | |
692 | other authors as noted. All rights reserved. | |
693 | .PP | |
694 | This documentation is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it | |
695 | under the same terms as Perl itself. | |
696 | .PP | |
697 | Irrespective of its distribution, all code examples here are in the public | |
698 | domain. You are permitted and encouraged to use this code and any | |
699 | derivatives thereof in your own programs for fun or for profit as you | |
700 | see fit. A simple comment in the code giving credit to the \s-1FAQ\s0 would | |
701 | be courteous but is not required. |