Perl Meta-FAQ
Version 1.2
October 19 1994
The meta-FAQ is available as:
html
http://www.*-*-*.com/
postscript
ftp://ftp.khoros.unm.edu/pub/perl/metaFAQ.ps
ascii
ftp://ftp.khoros.unm.edu/pub/perl/metaFAQ.txt
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1. Where can I get the Perl FAQ?
North America:
[] ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/perl-faq/
[] ftp://convex.com/pub/perl/info/faq
[] ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/doc/FAQ
[] ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/news.answers/perl-faq/
Europe:
[] ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/NEWS.ANSWERS/perl-faq/
[] ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/doc/faq
[] ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/perl/FAQ
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2. Books About Perl
Learning Perl
by Randal L. Schwartz aka "The Llama Book" (engraving
of a llama on cover) published by O'Reilly &
Associates ISBN 1-56592-042-2 Tutorial-style
introduction to Perl.
Programming Perl
by Larry Wall and Randal L. Schwartz aka "The Camel
Book" (engraving of a camel on cover) published by
O'Reilly & Associates ISBN 0-937175-61-1 Tutorial,
reference, cookbook, examples, ...
Perl by Example
by Ellie Quigley; published by Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-122839-0
A perl tutorial: every feature is presented via an annotated
example, and sample output. Includes a reference section ---
fairly similar to the quickref, below.
Perl Quick Reference Guide
by Johan Vromans. This is bundled with the camel book,
and available in postscript:
[] ftp://ftp.uu.net/languages/perl/perlref-4.036.1.tar.gz
[] ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/DOC/perlref-4.036.1.tar.gz
[] ftp://ftp.khoros.unm.edu/pub/perl/perlref-4.036.1.tar.gz
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3. Where can I get Perl 4.036?
[] ftp://ftp.uu.net/languages/perl/perl.tar.gz
[] ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/src/4.0
[] ftp://ftp.khoros.unm.edu/pub/perl/perl-4.0.36.tar.gz
[] ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/PERL/perl.4.0.36.tar.gz
[] ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/perl/perl-4.036.tar.gz
[] ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/unix/perl-4.036.tar.Z
[] ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/perl/perl-4.036.tar.gz
For other methods, see questions 1.4 through 1.7 in the real FAQ.
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4. Perl 4.036 for MS-DOS, Mac, Windows-NT, VMS, Amiga, OS/2, Atari,
LynxOS, MVS, MPE, Xenix, Netware
MS-DOS:
[] ftp://ftp.ee.umanitoba.ca/pub/msdos/perl
[] ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/src/msdos
[] ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/msdos
[] ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/ibmpc/simtel/perl/
Mac:
[] ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/src/macperl
[] ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/software/mac/perl
[] ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/mac
[] ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/mac/umich/development/languages/macpe...
[] America OnLine - Mac Development Forum (keyword: mdv)
NT:
[] ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/src/ntperl
[] ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/nt
VMS:
[] ftp://info.rz.uni-ulm.de/pub/VMS/misc/perl4.*
[] ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/src/vms
[] ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/vms
Amiga (4.035):
[] ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/dev/lang/
[] ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/aminet/dev/lang/
[] ftp://ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/aminet/dev/lang/
[] ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/amiga
OS/2:
[] part of the standard perl distribution, in directory $PERLSRC/os2
[] ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/os2
Atari:
[] ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/atari
LynxOS:
[] ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/lynx
MVS:
[] ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/mvs
MPE:
[] ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/mpe
Xenix:
[] ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/xenix
Netware:
[] ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/netware
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5. Where can I get Perl 5?
The Perl5 release is now available from the following
archives:
North America
[] ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/src/5.0/perl5.000.tar.gz
[] ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/perl5.000.tar.gz
[] ftp://ftp.uu.net/languages/perl/perl5.000.tar.gz
[] ftp://ftp.khoros.unm.edu/pub/perl/perl5.000.tar.gz
[] ftp://ftp.cbi.tamucc.edu/pub/duff/Perl/perl5.000.tar.gz
[] ftp://ftp.metronet.com/perlinfo/source/perl5.000.tar.gz
[] ftp://genetics.upenn.edu/perl5/perl5 000.zip
Europe
[] ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/PERL/perl5.0/perl5.000.tar.gz
[] ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl5/perl5.000.tar.gz
[] ftp://ftp.zrz.tu-berlin.de/pub/unix/perl/perl5.000.tar.gz
[] ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/perl5/perl5.000.tar.gz
[] http://www.*-*-*.com/
[] gopher://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/0/packages/perl5/perl5.000.tar.gz
Australia
[] ftp://sungear.mame.mu.oz.au/pub/perl/src/5.0/perl5.000.tar.gz
MSDOS
Darryl Okahata's port of Perl5 to MSDOS, currently a BETA release:
[] ftp://ftp.einet.net:/pub/perl5/
[] ftp://ftp.khoros.unm.edu/pub/perl/msdos/
The Perl5 documentation is available from the following sites:
North America
[] http://www.*-*-*.com/
[] ftp://ftp.uu.net/languages/perl/PerlDoc.ps.gz
[] ftp://ftp.khoros.unm.edu/pub/perl/PerlDoc.ps.gz
[] ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/PerlDoc.ps.gz
[] ftp://ftp.cbi.tamucc.edu/pub/duff/Perl/PerlDoc.ps.gz
[] ftp://www.metronet.com/pub/perlinfo/perl5/manual/PerlDoc.ps.gz
Europe
[] ftp://ftp.zrz.tu-berlin.de/pub/unix/perl/PerlDoc.ps.gz
[] ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/PERL/perl5.0/PerlDoc.ps.gz
Australia
[] ftp://sungear.mame.mu.oz.au/pub/perl/doc/PerlDoc.ps.gz
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6. Where can I get <foo>perl?
curseperl - curses support
part of the perl 4.036 distribution, see $PERL/usub/README
tkperl - TK gui toolkit (perl5)
[] ftp://black.ox.ac.uk/src/ALPHA
[] ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/src/tkperl
Database Perls
ftp.demon.co.uk [158.152.1.69] is the official repository for
database <foo>perls listed below, which can be found in
/pub/perl/db/perl4/. Mirrored at ftp.cis.ufl.edu [198.17.47.33]
in /pub/perl/scripts/db/
[] btreeperl - NDBM extensions
[] ctreeperl - C-Tree extensions
[] duaperl - X.500 Directory User Agent
[] ingperl - INGRES
[] isqlperl - INFORMIX
[] interperl - INTERBASE
[] oraperl - Oracle 6 & 7
[] pgperl - POSTGRES
[] sybperl - SYBASE 4
[] uniperl - UNIFY 5.0
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7. Perl on the World Wide Web (WWW)
Perl All-Sorts
[] http://www.*-*-*.com/
[] http://www.*-*-*.com/
[] http://www.*-*-*.com/
[] http://www.*-*-*.com/
[] http://www.*-*-*.com/
[] http://www.*-*-*.com/
Perl Man Page
[] http://www.*-*-*.com/ :8001/htbin/perl-man
[] http://www.*-*-*.com/
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