From: neilb@khoros.unm.edu (Neil Bowers)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Perl Meta-FAQ v1.3
Date: 15 Dec 1994 07:45:09 GMT
Organization: Khoral Research, Inc.
Message-ID: <3cos65$h6@lynx.unm.edu>

                           Perl Meta-FAQ
                            Version 1.3
                         November 30  1994

The meta-FAQ is available as:
     html
         http://www.khoros.unm.edu/staff/neilb/perl/metaFAQ/metaFAQ.html
     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://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/doc/FAQ
        [] ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/perl-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/macperl4.13.sit.hqx.gz
        [] 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?

     Perl 5.000 is available in volume 45 at your local comp.sources.misc
     archive, and from the following sites:

     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://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/perl5/perl5.000.tar.gz
         [] gopher://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/99/packages/perl5/perl5.000.tar.gz

     Australia
         [] ftp://sungear.mame.mu.oz.au/pub/perl/src/5.0/perl5.000.tar.gz

     MS-DOS
         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/
         [] ftp://ftp.ee.umanitoba.ca/pub/msdos/perl/perl5/

     The Perl5 documentation is available from the following sites:

     North America
         [] http://www.metronet.com/0/perlinfo/perl5/manual/perl.html
         [] 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.khoros.unm.edu/staff/neilb/perl
        [] http://www.metronet.com/1h/perlinfo
        [] http://www.cis.ufl.edu/perl
        [] http://web.nexor.co.uk/perl/perl.html
        [] http://www.eecs.nwu.edu/perl/perl.html
        [] http://www.oac.uci.edu/indiv/ehood/perlWWW/

    Perl Man Page
        [] http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/htbin/perl-man
        [] http://web.nexor.co.uk/perlman

    Perl Meta-FAQ
        [] http://www.khoros.unm.edu/staff/neilb/perl/metaFAQ
        [] http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/perl/metaFAQ.html
        [] http://web.nexor.co.uk/perl/Meta-FAQ.txt

