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From: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
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Subject: Re: perl/PERL
Keywords: perl PERL
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Date: 2 May 91 15:30:51 GMT
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From the keyboard of hutch@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Hutchison):
:I need a thumbnail sketch of the utility "perl."  Understand it is a something
:of a superset of awk and other utilities.  Specifically, what does it do that
:the other utilities will not?  Where can I get it?  How much $?  What versions of
:UNIX does it operate with/on?

I've sent Mark a few of my long canned articles about perl, including the FAQ.
Anyone else who'd like these need but ask.

--tom
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Tom Christiansen		tchrist@convex.com	convex!tchrist
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