Perl Meta-FAQ
  Neil Bowers, neilb@khoros.unm.edu

  v1.5,	4 November 1995

  This is the Perl Meta-FAQ, a list of pointers	to useful and interest-
  ing perl resources.


  1.  Versions of the Meta-FAQ

  The meta-FAQ is available as:

     html
	<http://www.khoros.unm.edu/staff/neilb/perl/metaFAQ/metaFAQ.html>

     postscript
	<ftp://ftp.khoros.unm.edu/pub/perl/metaFAQ.ps>

     ascii
	<ftp://ftp.khoros.unm.edu/pub/perl/metaFAQ.txt>



  2.  Where can	I get the Perl FAQ?



     North America:

     o	<ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/doc/FAQ>

     o	<ftp://ftp.khoros.unm.edu/pub/perl/faq.gz>

     o	<ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/news.answers/perl-faq/>

     o	<ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/perl-faq/>


     Europe:

     o	<ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/NEWS.ANSWERS/perl-faq/>

     o	<ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/doc/faq>

     o	<ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/perl/FAQ>


  3.  Books About Perl



     Learning Perl
	by Randal L. Schwartz aka "The Llama Book" (engraving of a llama
	on cover) published by O'Reilly	& Associates ISBN 1-56592-042-2
	Tutorial-style introduction to Perl.


     Programming Perl
	by Larry Wall and Randal L. Schwartz aka "The Camel Book"
	(engraving of a	camel on cover)	published by O'Reilly &
	Associates ISBN	0-937175-61-1 Tutorial,	reference, cookbook,
	examples, ...



     Perl by Example
	by Ellie Quigley; published by Prentice	Hall.  ISBN
	0-13-122839-0 A	perl tutorial: every feature is	presented via an
	annotated example, and sample output.  Includes	a reference
	section	--- fairly similar to the quickref, below.


     Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days
	by David Till; published by SAMS.  ISBN	0-672-30586-0.	Price:
	$29.99.	 34 pages front	matter,	and 841	pages text (includes
	index).


     Perl Quick	Reference Guide
	by Johan Vromans.  This	is bundled with	the camel book,	and
	available in postscript:

     o	<ftp://ftp.uu.net/languages/perl/perlref-4.036.1.tar.gz>

     o	<ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/DOC/perlref-4.036.1.tar.gz>

     o	<ftp://ftp.khoros.unm.edu/pub/perl/perlref-4.036.1.tar.gz>


  4.  Where can	I get Perl 4.036?



  o  <ftp://ftp.uu.net/languages/perl/perl.tar.gz>

  o  <ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/src/4.0>

  o  <ftp://ftp.khoros.unm.edu/pub/perl/perl-4.0.36.tar.gz>

  o  <ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/PERL/perl.4.0.36.tar.gz>

  o  <ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/perl/perl-4.036.tar.gz>

  o  <ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/unix/perl-4.036.tar.Z>

  o  <ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/perl/perl-4.036.tar.gz>

  o  <ftp://ftp.inf.utfsm.cl/pub/gnu/perl-4.036.tar.gz>

  For other methods, see questions 1.8 through 1.11 in the real	FAQ.


  5.  Perl on non-Unix platforms



     MS-DOS:

     o	<ftp://ftp.ee.umanitoba.ca/pub/msdos/perl>

     o	<ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/src/msdos>

     o	<ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/msdos>

     o	<ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/ibmpc/simtel/perl/>


     Mac:

     o	<ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/src/macperl>

     o	<ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/software/mac/perl>

     o	<ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/mac>

     o	<ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/mac/umich/development/languages/macperl4.13.sit.hqx.gz>

     o	America	OnLine	-  Mac Development Forum (keyword: mdv)


     NT:

     o	<ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/src/ntperl>

     o	<ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/nt>


     VMS:

     o	<ftp://info.rz.uni-ulm.de/pub/VMS/misc/perl4.*>

     o	<ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/src/vms>

     o	<ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/vms>


     Amiga (4.035):

     o	<ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/dev/lang/>

     o	<ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/aminet/dev/lang/>

     o	<ftp://ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/aminet/dev/lang/>

     o	<ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/amiga>


     OS	2:

     o	part of	the standard perl distribution,	in directory
	$PERLSRC/os2

     o	<ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/os2>


     Atari:

     o	<ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/atari>


     LynxOS:

     o	<ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/lynx>


     MVS:

     o	<ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/mvs>


     MPE:

     o	<ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/mpe>


     Xenix:

     o	<ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/xenix>


     Netware:

     o	<ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl4/netware>


  6.  Where can	I get Perl 5?


  The Perl 5.000 release notes can be found at:

  o  <ftp://ftp.khoros.unm.edu/pub/perl/doc/Perlv5.0-Release-Note.gz>

  o  <ftp://perl.com/pub/perl/doc/Perlv5.0-Release-Note.gz>

  The Perl 5.000 distribution is available from	the following archives:



     North America

     o	<ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/src/5.0/perl5.000.tar.gz>

     o	<ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/perl5.000.tar.gz>

     o	<ftp://ftp.uu.net/languages/perl/perl5.000.tar.gz>

     o	<ftp://ftp.khoros.unm.edu/pub/perl/perl5.000.tar.gz>

     o	<ftp://ftp.cbi.tamucc.edu/pub/duff/Perl/perl5.000.tar.gz>

     o	<ftp://ftp.metronet.com/perlinfo/source/perl5.000.tar.gz>


     Europe

     o	<ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/PERL/perl5.0/perl5.000.tar.gz>

     o	<ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl5/perl5.000.tar.gz>

     o	<ftp://ftp.zrz.tu-berlin.de/pub/unix/perl/perl5.000.tar.gz>

     o	<ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/perl5/perl5.000.tar.gz>

     o	<http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/perl5/perl5.000.tar.gz>

     o	<gopher://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/0/packages/perl5/perl5.000.tar.gz>


     Australia

     o	<ftp://sungear.mame.mu.oz.au/pub/perl/src/5.0/perl5.000.tar.gz>


     South America

     o	<ftp://ftp.inf.utfsm.cl/pub/gnu/perl5.000.tar.gz>


     MS-DOS
	Darryl Okahata's port of Perl5 to MSDOS, currently a BETA
	release:


     o	<ftp://ftp.einet.net:/pub/perl5/>

     o	<ftp://ftp.khoros.unm.edu/pub/perl/msdos/>

     o	<ftp://ftp.ee.umanitoba.ca/pub/msdos/perl/perl5/>



  6.1.	Perl Documentation


  The Perl5 documentation is part of the Perl 5.000 distribution, but is
  also available separately from the following sites:


     North America

     o	<ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/doc/PerlDoc.ps.gz>

     o	<http://www.metronet.com/0/perlinfo/perl5/manual/perl.html>

     o	<ftp://ftp.uu.net/languages/perl/PerlDoc.ps.gz>

     o	<ftp://ftp.khoros.unm.edu/pub/perl/PerlDoc.ps.gz>

     o	<ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/PerlDoc.ps.gz>

     o	<ftp://ftp.cbi.tamucc.edu/pub/duff/Perl/PerlDoc.ps.gz>

     o	<ftp://www.metronet.com/pub/perl/perl5/manual/PerlDoc.ps.gz>



     Europe

     o	<ftp://ftp.zrz.tu-berlin.de/pub/unix/perl/PerlDoc.ps.gz>

     o	<ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/PERL/perl5.0/PerlDoc.ps.gz>


     South America

     o	<ftp://ftp.inf.utfsm.cl/pub/gnu/perl5.000-doc.ps.gz>


     Australia

     o	<ftp://sungear.mame.mu.oz.au/pub/perl/doc/PerlDoc.ps.gz>


  7.  Where can	I get <foo>perl?


  A list of Perl 5 extensions can be found at:

  o  <http://www.khoros.unm.edu/staff/neilb/perl/extensions.html>



     curseperl - curses	support
	part of	the perl 4.036 distribution, see $PERL/usub/README


     tkperl - TK gui toolkit (perl5)


     o	<ftp://black.ox.ac.uk/src/ALPHA>

     o	<ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/src/tkperl>


     Database Perls
	ftp.demon.co.uk	(158.152.1.69) is the official repository for
	database <foo>perls listed below, which	can be found in
	/pub/perl/db/perl4/ Mirrored at	ftp.cis.ufl.edu	(198.17.47.33)
	in /pub/perl/scripts/db/

     o	btreeperl - NDBM extensions

     o	ctreeperl - C-Tree extensions

     o	duaperl	- X.500	Directory User Agent

     o	ingperl	- INGRES

     o	isqlperl - INFORMIX

     o	interperl - INTERBASE

     o	oraperl	- Oracle 6 & 7

     o	pgperl - POSTGRES

     o	sybperl	- SYBASE 4

     o	uniperl	- UNIFY	5.0


  8.  Perl on the World	Wide Web (WWW)




  8.1.	Perl All-Sorts


  o  <http://www.khoros.unm.edu/staff/neilb/perl/>

  o  <http://www.metronet.com/1h/perlinfo>

  o  <http://www.cis.ufl.edu/perl>

  o  <http://web.nexor.co.uk/perl/perl.html>

  o  Jennifer Myers' Perl Page <http://www.eecs.nwu.edu/perl/perl.html>

  o  Robert Seymour's Perl Page
     <http://www.ee.pdx.edu/~rseymour/tools/perl/>

  o  Earl Hood's index of WWW Perl programs
     <http://www.oac.uci.edu/indiv/ehood/perlWWW/>


  8.2.	Perl Man Page


  o  <http://www.cs.cmu.edu/htbin/perl-man>

  o  <http://web.nexor.co.uk/perlman>



  8.3.	Perl Meta-FAQ


  o  original, in US
     <http://www.khoros.unm.edu/staff/neilb/perl/metaFAQ>

  o  mirror, australia <http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/perl/metaFAQ.html>

  o  UK	mirror <http://web.nexor.co.uk/perl/Meta-FAQ.txt>