Title:			PERL
Author:			Larry Wall (lwall@netlabs.com)
Version:		5.001
Title From:		Documentation
Author From:		Documentation
Version From:		Documentation
Supplier:		Steve Ellacott (S.W.Ellacott@brighton.ac.uk)
Date:			05/03/96
Keywords:               Report generators ; Program processors ;
                        Programming languages
Shareware:		
Machine:		Archimedes
Operating system:	RISCOS
Memory requirements:	
Peripherals needed:	
Other s/ware needed:	
Directory:		micros/arch/riscos/a/a049
Date mounted/updated:	10/06/96
File names:		perl5man.arc
			perlop.html
			a049h.arc
			perl.arc
Unarchived files:	289
Unarchived size:	5368 kbytes
Omissions:		
See also:		

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Acquiring the package:

Download the archive file(s) and extract using SparkPlug 2 (see the "tools_help"
file in arch/riscos/tools for further info).


Description:

Perl is an interpreted language optimized for scanning arbitrary text files,
extracting information from those text files, and printing reports based on
that information.  It's also a good language for many system management tasks.
It combines some of the best features of C, sed, awk and sh, so people familiar
with those languages should have little difficulty with it.  Expression syntax
corresponds quite closely to C expression syntax.

This is the RISC OS port originally by Luke Taylor, extended and revised by
Steve Ellacott. These extensions include a port of the GNU gdbm database
manager (permitting associative arrays to be stored on disc) and access to the
RISCOS kernel.  Several serious bugs have been fixed and some test scripts are
included.  A manual in Impression format is also included.

The Perl package directory contains the file a049h.arc which is a !SrcEdit
format help file for the programming language Perl.  Although of greatest use
to people using !SrcEdit the file is useful for on-line help with any editor as
a search may be made for '%<keyword>' which will find the entry for <keyword>
if it exists.  Author: Ashley Oliver.  See HELPUPDATE (a289) for a utility to
convert to StrongHelp format.  This file covers Perl versions preceding 5.

perl5man.arc is a StrongHelp format help file.  It contains the complete
documentation for Perl 5.001, including everything you need in order to learn
how to program in Perl, in an easy-access form.  To read it, you will need
StrongHelp version 2.02, which is available in package d126.  Those using
StrongEd will be able to automatically get help on a function by pressing F1.
Conversion from POD to StrongHelp format by Michael Attenborough.

perlop.html is an HTML file describing the Perl operators.