Subject: Re: Perl FAQ part 0 of 0..9: Overview [Periodic Posting]
From: Tom Christiansen <[email-masked]>
Date: 17 Mar 1997 22:49:59 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.lang.perl.announce

NAME
    perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl 
		($Date: 1997/03/17 22:17:56 $)

DESCRIPTION
    This document is structured into the following sections:

    perlfaq: Structural overview of the FAQ.
        This document.

    the perlfaq1 manpage: General Questions About Perl
        Very general, high-level information about Perl.

    the perlfaq2 manpage: Obtaining and Learning about Perl
        Where to find source and documentation to Perl, support
        and training, and related matters.

    the perlfaq3 manpage: Programming Tools
        Programmer tools and programming support.

    the perlfaq4 manpage: Data Manipulation
        Manipulating numbers, dates, strings, arrays, hashes, and
        miscellaneous data issues.

    the perlfaq5 manpage: Files and Formats
        I/O and the "f" issues: filehandles, flushing, formats and
        footers.

    the perlfaq6 manpage: Regexps
        Pattern matching and regular expressions.

    the perlfaq7 manpage: General Perl Language Issues
        General Perl language issues that don't clearly fit into
        any of the other sections.

    the perlfaq8 manpage: System Interaction
        Interprocess communication (IPC), control over the user-
        interface (keyboard, screen and pointing devices).

    the perlfaq9 manpage: Networking
        Networking, the Internet, and a few on the web.

  Where to get this document

    This document is posted regularly to comp.lang.perl.announce
    and several other related newsgroups. It is available in a
    variety of formats from CPAN in the /CPAN/doc/FAQs/FAQ/
    directory, or on the web at http://www.perl.com/perl/faq/ .

  How to contribute to this document

    You may mail corrections, additions, and suggestions to
    [email-masked]. Mail sent to the old perlfaq
    alias will merely cause the FAQ to be sent to you.

  What will happen if you mail your Perl programming problems to the authors

    Your questions will probably go unread, unless they're
    suggestions of new questions to add to the FAQ, in which case
    they should have gone to the [email-masked]
    instead.

    You should have read section 2 of this faq. There you would
    have learned that comp.lang.perl.misc is the appropriate place
    to go for free advice. If your question is really important
    and you require a prompt and correct answer, you should hire a
    consultant.

Credits
    When I first began the Perl FAQ in the late 80s, I never
    realized it would have grown to over a hundred pages, nor that
    Perl would ever become so popular and widespread. This
    document could not have been written without the tremendous
    help provided by Larry Wall and the rest of the Perl Porters.

Author and Copyright Information
    Copyright (c) 1997 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington. All
    rights reserved.

  Non-commercial Reproduction

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    that no charges beyond reproduction be involved, and (3) that
    a reasonable attempt be made to use the most current version
    available.

    Furthermore, you may include this document in any distribution
    of the full Perl source or binaries, in its verbatim
    documentation, or on a complete dump of the CPAN archive,
    providing that the three stipulations given above continue to
    be met.

  Commercial Reproduction

    Requests for all other distribution rights, including the
    incorporation in part or in full of this text or its code into
    commercial products such as but not limited to books, magazine
    articles, or CD-ROMs, must be made to [email-masked].
    Any commercial use of any portion of this document without
    prior written authorization by its authors will be subject to
    appropriate action.

  Disclaimer

    This information is offered in good faith and in the hope that
    it may be of use, but is not guaranteed to be correct, up to
    date, or suitable for any particular purpose whatsoever. The
    authors accept no liability in respect of this information or
    its use.

Changes
    17/March/97 Version
        Various typos fixed throughout.

        Added new question on Perl BNF on the perlfaq7 manpage.

    Initial Release: 11/March/97
        This is the initial release of version 3 of the FAQ;
        consequently there have been no changes since its initial
        release.

-- 
	Tom Christiansen	[email-masked]

"Lisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in."
	--Larry Wall in <[email-masked]>