Re: specifying use strict

From: Sherm Pendley (spamtrap_at_dot-app.org)
Date: 01/05/05 

Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 17:00:31 -0500

g3000 wrote:

> No I dont know what the '()' does after the
> subroutine name
> guess I should research it.

Have a look at "perldoc perlsub" - especially the section about prototypes.

> I dont know what a newsreader is ( dont think I used
> one )

You know about "regular" email apps like Outlook Express or Eudora,
right? And how some services like Hotmail provide a web-based interface
to their email service?

The same thing is true of news groups. Google groups is just a web-based
interface to Usenet - and not a very good one at that. It's gotten worse
recently, mangling spacing in posts - that might be where your indenting
went. Google groups is really useful for searching the archives; it's
much less so for posting new messages.

Check your provider's support pages for info about Usetnet or NNTP
access. There are a variety of news readers you can use - OE, Mozilla,
Thunderbird, Emacs, Agent, PAN, etc. You could even write your own with
Net::NNTP if you felt like it.

> Need to find a good Perl book

Have a look at <http://learn.perl.org> for recommendations regarding
books and online material.

sherm-- 

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