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pack operator:
       data munging with;  
       repeat counts for specifiers;  
       sorting with  
        translates Perl types into binary data  
       uuencoding with;  
package   2nd  
package directive:
       changes default package;  
package:
       accessing symbols outside current  
       as a class  
       defines its own namespaces  
       hierarchical name  
       main;  
       module as  
       my variables and;  
       name following subroutine  
       name of symbol table  
       namespace  
       nested;  
       of last resort[package:last resort]  
       scope;  
parameter names :
       prefixed with minus sign  
parameters:
       formal   2nd   3rd  
       named.   [See named parameters]
       positional;   2nd  
parentheses:
       excess within regular expression;  
       in regular expression[parentheses:regular expression];   2nd  
       vs. anonymous array constructor[parentheses:anonymous array constructor]  
password:
       encrypting with crypt  
       for PAUSE;  
PATH environment variable:
        taint checking and;  
pattern match variable  
PAUSE document   2nd  
PAUSE:
       CGI script to upload modules  
       handle;  
       password  
       registering with;  
peephole optimizer  
PEGS:
       blessed object in  
       web page  
Perl 4 libraries  
Perl 5 Porters  
Perl Authors Upload Server.   [See PAUSE]
Perl debugger:
       as a perl shell[Perl debugger:perl shell];   2nd  
       do operator and  
       Perl command  
       V command  
       x command  
       X command  
       x command:
               dumping hash reference with  
PErl Graphical Structures.   [See PEGS]
perl shell:
       the Perl debugger as a[perl shell:perl debugger];   2nd  
Perl style  
perl.org:
       modules@;  
PERL5LIB environment variable:
       controlling include path with;  
perldoc program:
       -f option  
       installed with perl executable  
       must be properly installed  
       reading on-line documentation with   2nd  
       searches for Perl documentation;  
perror()  
persistent data:
       Data::Dumper  
PF_INET:
       in Socket module  
Phoenix, Tom  
plain old documentation.   [See POD]
POD   2nd  
POD:
       example file  
       example translated file  
       formatting as HTML  
       formatting as man pages  
       ignored by Perl parser  
       man pages written in  
       Perl source code can contain;  
       special formatting sequences in  
       structure of  
pod2man program  
pod2mif program  
poetry mode  
pointer:
       reference is like a  
pop operator:
       shortening array with  
pos operator  
positional parameters  
positive lookahead operator:
       matching "this" and "that";  
POSIX signals;  
pound bang line:
       using -I in;  
PPCODE:
       XSUB section;   2nd  
precedence:
       in regular expressions[precedence:regular expression]  
       in regular expressions[precedence:regular expressions];   2nd  
PREINIT:
       XSUB section;  
print operator:
       debugging with;  
private library directory:
       include path and;  
procedural pattern matching   2nd  
profiling:
       Devel::DProf;  
Programming Perl:
       as reference[Programming Perl:reference]  
protocol not supported:
       error message  
prototype   2nd  
prototype:
       argument checking   2nd  
       atom;  
PROTOTYPES:
       XSUB directive;  
ps command:
       in example[ps command:example]  
punctuation:
       avoiding excessive   2nd   3rd