cvs commit: perlfaq perlfaq1.pod

cvsuser     05/04/01 08:15:25

  Modified:    .        perlfaq1.pod
  Log:
  hange 24129 by rgs@bloom on 2005/04/01 07:36:04
  
  	POD fixes.
  
  Revision  Changes    Path
  1.18      +18 -18    perlfaq/perlfaq1.pod
  
  Index: perlfaq1.pod
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  RCS file: /cvs/public/perlfaq/perlfaq1.pod,v
  retrieving revision 1.17
  retrieving revision 1.18
  diff -u -r1.17 -r1.18
  --- perlfaq1.pod	31 Jan 2005 15:52:15 -0000	1.17
  +++ perlfaq1.pod	1 Apr 2005 16:15:25 -0000	1.18
  @@ -68,52 +68,52 @@
   
   =over 4
   
  -=item 
  +=item *
   
   If things aren't broken, upgrading perl may break
   them (or at least issue new warnings).
  -	
  -=item 
  +
  +=item *
   
   The latest versions of perl have more bug fixes.
   
  -=item 
  +=item *
   
   The Perl community is geared toward supporting the most
   recent releases, so you'll have an easier time finding help for
   those.
  -	
  -=item 
   
  -Versions prior to perl5.004 had serious security problems with 
  +=item *
  +
  +Versions prior to perl5.004 had serious security problems with
   buffer overflows, and in some cases have CERT advisories (for
   instance, http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1997-17.html ).
   
  -=item 
  +=item *
   
   The latest versions are probably the least deployed and
   widely tested, so you may want to wait a few months after their
  -release and see what problems others have if you are risk averse. 
  +release and see what problems others have if you are risk averse.
   
  -=item 
  +=item *
   
   The immediate, previous releases (i.e. perl5.6.x ) are usually
  -maintained for a while, although not at the same level as the 
  +maintained for a while, although not at the same level as the
   current releases.
   
  -=item 
  +=item *
   
   No one is actively supporting perl4.x.  Five years ago it was
   a dead camel carcass (according to this document).  Now it's barely
   a skeleton as its whitewashed bones have fractured or eroded.
   
  -=item 
  +=item *
   
   There is no perl6.x for the next couple of years.  Stay tuned,
   but don't worry that you'll have to change major versions of Perl
   soon (i.e. before 2006).
   
  -=item 
  +=item *
   
   There are really two tracks of perl development: a
   maintenance version and an experimental version.  The
  @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
   don't make it into the stable versions, and have an odd number
   as the minor release (i.e. perl5.9.x, where 9 is the minor release).
   
  -=back 
  +=back
   
   
   =head2 What are perl4, perl5, or perl6?
  @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
   (contributed by brian d foy)
   
   In short, perl4 is the past, perl5 is the present, and perl6 is the
  -future. 
  +future.
   
   The number after perl (i.e. the 5 after perl5) is the major release
   of the perl interpreter as well as the version of the language.  Each
  @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
   The current major release of Perl is perl5, and was released in 1994.
   It can run scripts from the previous major release, perl4 (March 1991),
   but has significant differences. It introduced the concept of references,
  -complex data structures, and modules.  The perl5 interpreter was a 
  +complex data structures, and modules.  The perl5 interpreter was a
   complete re-write of the previous perl sources.
   
   Perl6 is the next major version of Perl, but it's still in development