[svn:perlfaq] r10010 - perlfaq/trunk
[email protected] Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:30:33 -0700 (PDT)
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Author: robert Date: Thu Sep 27 22:30:33 2007 New Revision: 10010 Modified: perlfaq/trunk/perlfaq1.pod Log: T<> is not valid in our pod. Modified: perlfaq/trunk/perlfaq1.pod ============================================================================== --- perlfaq/trunk/perlfaq1.pod (original) +++ perlfaq/trunk/perlfaq1.pod Thu Sep 27 22:30:33 2007 @@ -287,12 +287,12 @@ the current interpreter. Hence Tom's quip that "Nothing but perl can parse Perl." -Before the first edition of T<Programming perl>, people commonly +Before the first edition of I<Programming perl>, people commonly referred to the language as "perl", and its name appeared that way in the title because it referred to the interpreter. In the book, Randal Schwartz capitalised the language's name to make it stand out better when typeset. This convention was adopted by the community, and the -second edition became T<Programming Perl>, using the capitalized +second edition became I<Programming Perl>, using the capitalized version of the name to refer to the language. You may or may not choose to follow this usage. For example,