In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/5e6fb4d7df6eb968d0111e41184187c62911e175?hp=9cdac2a22a8bffa5e715bb52fc23ec5f89562d4f>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit 5e6fb4d7df6eb968d0111e41184187c62911e175 Author: brian d foy <[email protected]> Date: Wed Jun 1 21:21:46 2011 -0500 perlfaq9: Sys::Hostname is in core since 5.0 M pod/perlfaq9.pod commit 4755e6b2e86085889efcdc72366b797fff6df671 Author: brian d foy <[email protected]> Date: Sun May 29 08:17:42 2011 -0500 Remove FAQ about PONIE M pod/perlfaq.pod M pod/perlfaq1.pod commit d409f58834d0a4e6baf76cc8e309a14f1fb12a6b Author: brian d foy <[email protected]> Date: Thu Apr 28 10:12:51 2011 -0500 Re-mention $foo Magazin in perlfaq2 M pod/perlfaq2.pod commit 4b496e6e74e0770a82a30590cc77ae67ad31a0c8 Author: brian d foy <[email protected]> Date: Fri Apr 15 15:05:13 2011 -0500 The Perl Review isn't really a magazine anymore M pod/perlfaq2.pod ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: pod/perlfaq.pod | 4 ---- pod/perlfaq1.pod | 15 --------------- pod/perlfaq2.pod | 16 ++++++---------- pod/perlfaq9.pod | 8 ++++---- 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perlfaq.pod b/pod/perlfaq.pod index 614ff56..9ca88c8 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq.pod @@ -129,10 +129,6 @@ What are Perl 4, Perl 5, or Perl 6? =item * -What was Ponie? - -=item * - What is Perl 6? =item * diff --git a/pod/perlfaq1.pod b/pod/perlfaq1.pod index ba70a82..bea50a0 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq1.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq1.pod @@ -153,21 +153,6 @@ http://rakudo.org ). See L<perlhist> for a history of Perl revisions. -=head2 What was Ponie? - -(contributed by brian d foy) - -Ponie stands for "Perl On the New Internal Engine", started by Arthur -Bergman from Fotango in 2003, and subsequently run as a project of The -Perl Foundation. It was abandoned in 2006 -( http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.ponie.dev/487 ). - -Instead of using the current Perl internals, Ponie aimed to create a -new one that would provide a translation path from Perl 5 to Perl 6 -(or anything else that targets Parrot, actually). You would have been -able to just keep using Perl 5 with Parrot, the virtual machine which -will compile and run Perl 6 bytecode. - =head2 What is Perl 6? At The Second O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention, Larry Wall diff --git a/pod/perlfaq2.pod b/pod/perlfaq2.pod index 9734922..443d84b 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq2.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq2.pod @@ -228,17 +228,13 @@ There are many good books on Perl. See the L<perlbook> documentation or =head2 Which magazines have Perl content? -I<The Perl Review> ( http://www.theperlreview.com ) focuses on Perl -almost completely (although it sometimes sneaks in an article about -another language). There's also I<$foo Magazin>, a German magazine -dedicated to Perl, at ( http://www.foo-magazin.de ). +There's also I<$foo Magazin>, a German magazine dedicated to Perl, at +( http://www.foo-magazin.de ). The I<Perl-Zeitung> is another +German-speaking magazine for Perl beginners (see +http://perl-zeitung.at.tf ). -The I<Perl-Zeitung> is a German-speaking magazine for Perl beginners -(see http://perl-zeitung.at.tf ). - -Magazines that frequently carry quality articles on Perl include I<The -Perl Review> ( http://www.theperlreview.com ), I<Unix Review> ( -http://www.unixreview.com/ ), I<Linux Magazine> ( +Magazines that frequently carry quality articles on Perl include +I<Unix Review> ( http://www.unixreview.com/ ), I<Linux Magazine> ( http://www.linuxmagazine.com/ ), and Usenix's newsletter/magazine to its members, I<login:> ( http://www.usenix.org/ ). diff --git a/pod/perlfaq9.pod b/pod/perlfaq9.pod index c6fd929..d211e96 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq9.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq9.pod @@ -621,16 +621,16 @@ gethostbyname, Socket, Net::Domain, Sys::Hostname> (contributed by brian d foy) -The C<Net::Domain> module, which is part of the standard distribution starting -in perl5.7.3, can get you the fully qualified domain name (FQDN), the host +The C<Net::Domain> module, which is part of the Standard Library starting +in Perl 5.7.3, can get you the fully qualified domain name (FQDN), the host name, or the domain name. use Net::Domain qw(hostname hostfqdn hostdomain); my $host = hostfqdn(); -The C<Sys::Hostname> module, included in the standard distribution since -perl5.6, can also get the hostname. +The C<Sys::Hostname> module, part of the Standard Library, can also get the +hostname: use Sys::Hostname; -- Perl5 Master Repository
