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- =head1 NAME
-
- win32 - Perl for Win32 Overview
-
- =head1 Perl 5 for Win32
-
- This is the second major release of the Perl 5 language for the Win32
- Platform. The original target platform was Windows NT 3.51, but this
- has been expanded to include Windows 95. Perl 5 for Win32 is a
- straight port from the Unix version of perl5.001m, with extra
- NT-specific functionality provided via module extensions.
-
- Perl for Win32 was ported by I<hip communications inc.> thanks to
- funding from Microsoft Corporation. The goal of this project was to
- preserve as much functionality of the Unix version as possible in
- order to maintain compatiblity with the wealth of perl scripts
- available on the Internet.
-
- =head1 Legalese
-
- Win32-specific portions of the source code for Perl for Win32 are
- copyrighted by Microsoft Corporation under the terms of the Artistic
- License that is supplied with Perl.
-
- =head1 Information Sources
-
- There are a few Win32 specific sources of information available for
- Perl, most of them being maintained by I<hip communications inc.>
-
- =item perl4win32 and perl4win32_announce mailing lists
-
- These are majordomo mailing lists that reside at C<mail.hip.com>. To
- join the discussion fora for perl4win32 or perl4win32_announce, send
- an email to C<majordomo@mail.hip.com> with the single line "subscribe
- perl4win32" or "subscribe perl4win32_announce" within the body of the
- message.
-
- The perl4win32 mailing list is devoted to discussion relating specifically
- to Perl for Win32. Relevant issues include differences between basic
- functionality in Perl for Win32 and Perl on Unix platforms,
- NT-specific extensions, and porting issues. For general help regarding
- programming in perl, please refer to the newsgroup comp.lang.perl.misc.
-
- =item Perl for Win32 WWW Homepage
-
- This site contains the latest archived information regarding Perl for
- Win32 including a FAQ list with answers. The URL for the site is
- C<http://info.hip.com/ntperl/>.
-
- =item General Sources of Information
-
- There is are a handful of newsgroups devoted to the perl programming
- language, they are:
-
- comp.lang.perl.announce - Announcements (moderated)
- comp.lang.perl.misc - General Discussion
- comp.lang.perl.tk - Tk extensions
-
- The comp.lang.perl.tk newsgroup is probably of little use to users of
- Perl for Win32, but the other two are indispensable sources of
- information.
-
- The authoritative source for any and all Perl related-material is the
- CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network). Material stored by CPAN
- includes archives of the comp.lang.perl.* newsgroups, source code for
- various incarnations of perl and its extensions, extensive
- documentation, etc.
-
- CPAN is mirrored at the following ftp sites, please select the one
- that is topographically or electronically closest to you:
-
- Africa
- South Africa
- ftp://ftp.is.co.za/programming/perl/CPAN/
- Asia
- Japan
- ftp://ftp.lab.kdd.co.jp/lang/perl/CPAN/
- Taiwan
- ftp://dongpo.math.ncu.edu.tw/perl/CPAN/
- Australasia
- Australia
- ftp://coombs.anu.edu.au/pub/perl/
- ftp://ftp.mame.mu.oz.au/pub/perl/CPAN/
- New Zealand
- ftp://ftp.tekotago.ac.nz/pub/perl/CPAN/
- Europe
- Finland
- ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- France
- ftp://ftp.ibp.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/pub/computing/unix/perl/CPAN/
- Germany
- ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/programming/languages/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/pub/programming/languages/perl/CPAN/
- Great Britain
- ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/mirrors/perl/CPAN/
- the Netherlands
- ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/PERL/CPAN/
- Portugal
- ftp://ftp.ci.uminho.pt/pub/lang/perl/
- Sweden
- ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
- Switzerland
- ftp://ftp.switch.ch/mirror/CPAN/
- North America
- Florida, USA
- ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
- Illinois, USA
- ftp://uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
- Massachusetts, USA
- ftp://ftp.delphi.com/pub/mirrors/packages/perl/CPAN/
- Oklahoma, USA
- ftp://ftp.uoknor.edu/mirrors/CPAN/
- Texas, USA
- ftp://ftp.sedl.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.sterling.com/programming/languages/perl/
-
-
- The Perl FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) list with answers is
- available at C<ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/faq/FAQ>. Chances are
- that if you have a question regarding perl, it has already been
- answered before in this document. Please consult the FAQ before you
- pose a question to any of the newsgroups or mailing lists, it will
- help to both cut down in the turnaround time needed for you to obtain
- the desired information, and it will also cut down the unecessary
- clutter in the aforementioned fora.
-
-