From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 3 05:20:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EA741065697 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 05:20:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcs@draenor.org) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.157]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13CF68FC0A for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 05:20:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcs@draenor.org) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so1999327fgb.35 for ; Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:20:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.86.59.2 with SMTP id h2mr5470996fga.73.1225687768417; Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:49:28 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.86.54.10 with HTTP; Sun, 2 Nov 2008 20:49:28 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 06:49:28 +0200 From: "Marc Silver" To: "Eitan Adler" In-Reply-To: <490DE377.4040005@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <490DE377.4040005@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is perl? X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:20:29 -0000 Hi there, I may be wrong, but I always assumed that these man pages were part of the Perl package themselves and as such, not maintained by FreeBSD-doc. That said, since Perl has a reputation for performing any single task in many different ways, it seems quite fitting that there is no one explanation. :) Cheers, Marc On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Eitan Adler wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > At the moment > man perl > man perlfaq1 > man perlintro > lang/perl5/pkg-descr > > Each give a different answer to the question "what is perl?". > I think the documentation should be consistent. > > Can we come up with "one definition to rule them all"? > > - -- > GNU Key fingerptrint: 2E13 BC16 5F54 0FBD 62ED 42B6 B65F 24AB E9C2 CCD1 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkkN43cACgkQtl8kq+nCzNFTUwCfej7Nxyk5SGXs0GQHjKT+++kP > gtoAnjlptMTo6EcpjKbIF9yKw0yTVKff > =bodO > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.