=head1 NAME perlxstut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs =head1 DESCRIPTION This tutorial will educate the reader on the steps involved in creating a Perl extension. The reader is assumed to have access ...

=encoding utf8 =for comment Consistent formatting of this file is achieved with: perl ./Porting/podtidy pod/perlhack.pod =head1 NAME perlhack - How to hack on Perl =head1 DESCRIPTION This document ...

=encoding utf8 =head1 NAME perl5125delta - what is new for perl v5.12.5 =head1 DESCRIPTION This document describes differences between the 5.12.4 release and the 5.12.5 release. If you are upgradin...

=encoding utf8 =head1 NAME perlhist - the Perl history records =head1 DESCRIPTION This document aims to record the Perl source code releases. =head1 INTRODUCTION Perl history in brief, by Larry Wal...

=head1 NAME X<function> perlfunc - Perl builtin functions =head1 DESCRIPTION The functions in this section can serve as terms in an expression. They fall into two major categories: list operators a...

=head1 NAME perlfaq6 - Regular Expressions =head1 VERSION version 5.20210520 =head1 DESCRIPTION This section is surprisingly small because the rest of the FAQ is littered with answers involving reg...

=over =item %{^CAPTURE_ALL} X<%{^CAPTURE_ALL}> =item %- X<%-> Similar to C<%+>, this variable allows access to the named capture groups in the last successful match in the currently active dynamic ...

=over =item $OSNAME =item $^O X<$^O> X<$OSNAME> The name of the operating system under which this copy of Perl was built, as determined during the configuration process. For examples see L<perlport...

=over =item ${^RE_TRIE_MAXBUF} X<${^RE_TRIE_MAXBUF}> Controls how certain regex optimisations are applied and how much memory they utilize. This value by default is 65536 which corresponds to a 512...

=over =item $SYSTEM_FD_MAX =item $^F X<$^F> X<$SYSTEM_FD_MAX> The maximum system file descriptor, ordinarily 2. System file descriptors are passed to C<exec()>ed processes, while higher file descri...