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<H1><A NAME="name">NAME</A></H1>
<P>English - use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation variables</P>
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<LI>Linux</LI>
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<H1><A NAME="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</A></H1>
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use English;
...
if ($ERRNO =~ /denied/) { ... }</PRE>
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<H1><A NAME="description">DESCRIPTION</A></H1>
<P>This module provides aliases for the built-in variables whose
names no one seems to like to read. Variables with side-effects
which get triggered just by accessing them (like $0) will still
be affected.</P>
<P>For those variables that have an <STRONG>awk</STRONG> version, both long
and short English alternatives are provided. For example,
the <CODE>$/</CODE> variable can be referred to either $RS or
$INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR if you are using the English module.</P>
<P>See <A HREF="../lib/Pod/perlvar.html">the perlvar manpage</A> for a complete list of these.</P>
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<H1><A NAME="bugs">BUGS</A></H1>
<P>This module provokes sizeable inefficiencies for regular expressions,
due to unfortunate implementation details. If performance matters,
consider avoiding English.</P>
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