CPAN/src/misc/README

This document describes the src/misc subdirectory of the CPAN.

The directory contains sources possibly relevant to Perl.

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anlpasswd* a passwd(1) replacement using Perl
(checks passwords proactively using dictionaries and patterns)

db* Berkeley DB sources for use with
the Perl 5 database extensions

gdbm* GNU dbm sources for use with
the Perl 5 database extensions

nvi* new vi with embedded Perl (among other things)

perl-byacc* Berkeley Yacc that can output grammars in Perl 4

perl5-byacc* Berkeley Yacc that can output grammars in Perl 5

sfio* stdio replacement from AT&T.
Stackable stream disciplines and other cool stuff.

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