I agree; especially since perldoc now lets you browse the docs from more than one distribution. Thus, if you're still using 5.005_03, you can find the applicable documents.

I know some believe one should use the latest and greatest, but many of us aren't administrators on the machines hosting our stuff, so being able to easily view the right materials is a big help.

I have noticed one glitch with perldoc, though. Links selected from the printable versions of various pages don't seem to work. It's not a big problem; simply hit your Back button and then select the link. Still, it would be nice to have the links work from all pages.

Otherwise, perldoc.com is a great service and kudos to those keeping it up.

Perhaps we should add an rtfm:// tag so we can quickly link to search topics on perldoc. Whadda think?

Update: VSarkiss notes that doc:// might be a less "loaded" tag for the above suggestion. Comments?

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