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1 Perl is Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
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2 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012,
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3 2013, 2014, 2015 by Larry Wall and others. All rights reserved.
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7 ABOUT PERL
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8 ==========
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10 Perl is a general-purpose programming language originally developed for
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11 text manipulation and now used for a wide range of tasks including
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12 system administration, web development, network programming, GUI
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13 development, and more.
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15 The language is intended to be practical (easy to use, efficient,
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16 complete) rather than beautiful (tiny, elegant, minimal). Its major
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17 features are that it's easy to use, supports both procedural and
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18 object-oriented (OO) programming, has powerful built-in support for text
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19 processing, and has one of the world's most impressive collections of
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20 third-party modules.
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21
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22 For an introduction to the language's features, see pod/perlintro.pod.
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23
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24 For a discussion of the important changes in this release, see
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25 pod/perldelta.pod.
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27 There are also many Perl books available, covering a wide variety of topics,
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28 from various publishers. See pod/perlbook.pod for more information.
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31 INSTALLATION
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32 ============
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33
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34 If you're using a relatively modern operating system and want to
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35 install this version of Perl locally, run the following commands:
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37 ./Configure -des -Dprefix=$HOME/localperl
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38 make test
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39 make install
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41 This will configure and compile perl for your platform, run the regression
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42 tests, and install perl in a subdirectory "localperl" of your home directory.
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43
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44 If you run into any trouble whatsoever or you need to install a customized
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45 version of Perl, you should read the detailed instructions in the "INSTALL"
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46 file that came with this distribution. Additionally, there are a number of
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47 "README" files with hints and tips about building and using Perl on a wide
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48 variety of platforms, some more common than others.
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49
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50 Once you have Perl installed, a wealth of documentation is available to you
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51 through the 'perldoc' tool. To get started, run this command:
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52
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53 perldoc perl
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55
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56 IF YOU RUN INTO TROUBLE
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57 =======================
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58
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59 Perl is a large and complex system that's used for everything from
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60 knitting to rocket science. If you run into trouble, it's quite
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61 likely that someone else has already solved the problem you're
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62 facing. Once you've exhausted the documentation, please report bugs to us
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63 using the 'perlbug' tool. For more information about perlbug, either type
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64 'perldoc perlbug' or just 'perlbug' on a line by itself.
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65
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66 While it was current when we made it available, Perl is constantly evolving
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67 and there may be a more recent version that fixes bugs you've run into or
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68 adds new features that you might find useful.
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69
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70 You can always find the latest version of perl on a CPAN (Comprehensive Perl
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71 Archive Network) site near you at http://www.cpan.org/src/
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72
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73 If you want to submit a simple patch to the perl source, see the "SUPER
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74 QUICK PATCH GUIDE" in pod/perlhack.pod.
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75
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76 Just a personal note: I want you to know that I create nice things like this
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77 because it pleases the Author of my story. If this bothers you, then your
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78 notion of Authorship needs some revision. But you can use perl anyway. :-)
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79
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80 The author.
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81
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82
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83 LICENSING
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84 =========
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85
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86 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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87 it under the terms of either:
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88
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89 a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
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90 Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) any
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91 later version, or
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92
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93 b) the "Artistic License" which comes with this Kit.
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94
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95 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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96 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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97 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See either
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98 the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License for more details.
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99
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100 You should have received a copy of the Artistic License with this
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101 Kit, in the file named "Artistic". If not, I'll be glad to provide one.
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102
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103 You should also have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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104 along with this program in the file named "Copying". If not, write to the
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105 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
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106 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA or visit their web page on the internet at
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107 http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.
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108
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109 For those of you that choose to use the GNU General Public License,
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110 my interpretation of the GNU General Public License is that no Perl
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111 script falls under the terms of the GPL unless you explicitly put
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112 said script under the terms of the GPL yourself. Furthermore, any
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113 object code linked with perl does not automatically fall under the
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114 terms of the GPL, provided such object code only adds definitions
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115 of subroutines and variables, and does not otherwise impair the
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116 resulting interpreter from executing any standard Perl script. I
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117 consider linking in C subroutines in this manner to be the moral
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118 equivalent of defining subroutines in the Perl language itself. You
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119 may sell such an object file as proprietary provided that you provide
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120 or offer to provide the Perl source, as specified by the GNU General
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121 Public License. (This is merely an alternate way of specifying input
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122 to the program.) You may also sell a binary produced by the dumping of
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123 a running Perl script that belongs to you, provided that you provide or
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124 offer to provide the Perl source as specified by the GPL. (The
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125 fact that a Perl interpreter and your code are in the same binary file
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126 is, in this case, a form of mere aggregation.) This is my interpretation
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127 of the GPL. If you still have concerns or difficulties understanding
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128 my intent, feel free to contact me. Of course, the Artistic License
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129 spells all this out for your protection, so you may prefer to use that.
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