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diff --git a/cpan/perlfaq/lib/perlglossary.pod b/cpan/perlfaq/lib/perlglossary.pod index c173defd8a..6d6f280c2b 100644 --- a/cpan/perlfaq/lib/perlglossary.pod +++ b/cpan/perlfaq/lib/perlglossary.pod @@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ name so people don’t realize they are using a program. =item architecture -The kind of X<architecture>computer you’re working on, where one “kind” of -computer means all those computers sharing a compatible machine language. +The kind of X<architecture>computer you’re working on, where one “kind of +computer” means all those computers sharing a compatible machine language. Since Perl programs are (typically) simple text files, not executable images, a Perl program is much less sensitive to the architecture it’s running on than programs in other languages, such as C, that are B<compiled> @@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ it’s just a fancy form of quoting. =item hexadecimal A X<hexadecimals>number in base 16, “hex” for short. The digits for 10 -through 16 are customarily represented by the letters C<a> through C<f>. +through 15 are customarily represented by the letters C<a> through C<f>. Hexadecimal constants in Perl start with C<0x>. See also the C<hex> function in Camel chapter 27, “Functions”. |