Dominic Mitchell wrote: > "Newton, Philip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Ranks in the Perl arcana along with ignoring lines beginning > > with dot and some letters -- known mostly to those who have > > grovelled in the sources.) > > Ugh - perl compatibility with troff source?
Precisely. Little-known fact: Perl 1 did not have POD, so embedded docs were done in *roff. Hence, the lexer was made to look out for (and ignore) some *roff escapes/commands/whatever, sort of like it now does for =cut &c. at the beginning of a line. (That's assuming I remember my facts correctly.) Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> All opinions are my own, not my employer's. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
