From: Cesar Rabak Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: perl - starting up? Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 11:20:27 -0300 Lines: 26 Message-ID: <3E5392AB.B2934F1A@uol.com.br> References: <3E503782 DOT F699D0E7 AT yahoo DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 200-221-14-196.speedy.speeduol.com.br (200.221.14.196) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1045664352 48666314 200.221.14.196 (16 [39218]) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: pt-BR,es,en To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com CBFalconer wrote: > > I have never used Perl, and haven't the faintest idea what, how, > when, where, why, and to whom it does anything. I just installed > it on the DJGPP system here, and info tells me nothing. The man > pages are impossible, even after being excruciatingly slow. Perl > --help is not extremely illuminating either. > Chuck, Whereas user manuals are not the best way to get started, the canonical way of accessing help and manuals for Perl is via the comand 'perldoc'. In a more or less complete DJGPP installation, under bash, issuing: $ perldoc perldoc whould put you on the road. For a more gentle and didatical intro, look for tutorials and training materials at Comprehensive Perl Archive Network http://www.cpan.org/ HTH -- Cesar Rabak GNU/Linux User 52247. Get counted: http://counter.li.org/