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=head1 NAME perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl =head1 VERSION version 5.20240218 =head1 DESCRIPTION This section of the FAQ answers very general, high-level questions about Perl. =head2 What i...

=over =item ${^MAX_NESTED_EVAL_BEGIN_BLOCKS} This variable determines the maximum number C<eval EXPR>/C<BEGIN> or C<require>/C<BEGIN> block nesting that is allowed. This means it also controls the ...

=over =item $PROCESS_ID =item $PID =item $$ X<$$> X<$PID> X<$PROCESS_ID> The process number of the Perl running this script. Though you I<can> set this variable, doing so is generally discouraged, ...

=over =item $EFFECTIVE_GROUP_ID =item $EGID =item $) X<$)> X<$EGID> X<$EFFECTIVE_GROUP_ID> The effective gid of this process. If you are on a machine that supports membership in multiple groups sim...

=over =item $INC X<$INC> As of 5.37.7 when an C<@INC> hook is executed the index of the C<@INC> array that holds the hook will be localized into the C<$INC> variable. When the hook returns the inte...

=over =item %INC X<%INC> The hash C<%INC> contains entries for each filename included via the C<do>, C<require>, or C<use> operators. The key is the filename you specified (with module names conver...

=over =item ${^WARNING_BITS} X<${^WARNING_BITS}> The current set of warning checks enabled by the C<use warnings> pragma. It has the same scoping as the C<$^H> and C<%^H> variables. The exact value...

=over =item ${^PREMATCH} X<${^PREMATCH}> It is only guaranteed to return a defined value when the pattern was executed with the C</p> modifier. This is similar to C<$`> ($PREMATCH) except that to u...

=head1 NAME perlcommunity - a brief overview of the Perl community =head1 DESCRIPTION This document aims to provide an overview of the vast perl community, which is far too large and diverse to pro...