[PATCH] Re: [PATCH] perlfunc.pod grammar fixes
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 05:43:08PM -0500, David Nicol wrote: On 7/28/05, John P. Linderman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: is there any significant difference between perl and Perl? That is exactly the sort of edge case that is under discussion in this thread. One possibility is maintaining an explicit glossary.pod file which would not only answer that question, but differentiate between effect, affect, and effect. Sorry, no entries for [ae]ffect. But how's this: --- perl/pod/perlglossary.pod.orig 2005-08-01 01:42:33.0 -0700 +++ perl/pod/perlglossary.pod 2005-08-09 00:21:29.451790400 -0700 @@ -2180,6 +2180,17 @@ file. On Unix systems, you can check the Ils(1) manpage for more information. +=item perl + +A program that compiles and usually executes L/Perl scripts. Or is +that Lperlfaq1/Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?|Perl programs? +See Lperlfaq1/What's the difference between perl and Perl?. + +=item Perl + +A programming language. You are reading part of its documentation. +See Lperlfaq1/What's the difference between perl and Perl?. + =item Pern What you get when you do CPerl++ twice. Doing it only once will
Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] perlfunc.pod grammar fixes
+A program that compiles and usually executes L/Perl scripts. Or is +that Lperlfaq1/Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?|Perl programs? s/is that/are they/, I guess, but I may be wrong... s/usually //
Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] perlfunc.pod grammar fixes
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 01:38:11PM +0200, Piotr Fusik wrote: +A program that compiles and usually executes L/Perl scripts. Or is +that Lperlfaq1/Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?|Perl programs? s/is that/are they/, I guess, but I may be wrong... Implied is that phrase in the previous sentence supposed to be. Or are they would be correct also, but with a different meaning. But I'm ok either way. s/usually // Leaving aside alternate backends (-MO=...) and the possibility of perl lying over and dying during the compile, there's still perl -c.
Re: Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] perlfunc.pod grammar fixes
Leaving aside alternate backends (-MO=...) and the possibility of perl lying over and dying during the compile, there\'s still perl -c. -c is check syntax and not compile. And there are also -h and -v, but I wouldn't take serious writing something like perl can be used for checking syntax or running Perl scripts, but it can be also used for just displaying its version information or help instructions. :-)
